Jockey Club to hear Carter case
The UK's Jockey Club disciplinary panel will hold an enquiry tomorrow to consider whether Gary Carter, among others, has committed breaches of the rules of racing.
The now-retired rider faces a number of charges, including eight alleged instances of either communicating information about horses he was due to ride which was not publicly available, or alternatively aiding and abetting corrupt practices.
He is also charged with associating with an excluded person and endeavouring to mislead Jockey Club officials.
The charges allege that on a number of occasions in August and September 2003, Carter gave Christopher Coleman, the London-based tailor who was warned off for a minimum of two years in January 2003, information about horses he was booked to ride.
In doing so, the Jockey Club allege Carter knew, or foresaw as a real possibility, that Coleman or others associated with him would use the information to commit a corrupt practice, namely laying the horses in question to lose with the benefit of undisclosed inside information.
None of those involved has admitted any of the charges or allegations and neither Carter, nor Coleman and his associates, will attend or be represented at the hearing.
