Legendary Irish jockey Pat Smullen dies aged 43 in Dublin after losing battle with pancreatic cancer Smullen retired in May 2019 after completing treatment for pancreatic cancer Smullen was initially given a clean bill of health but recently suffered a relapse His death was announced a year after a legends race he organised raised £2.3m … Read more
The Jockey Club’s group chief executive stepped down after making comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and sharing a meme about Britain’s Got Talent singer Susan Boyle, sources said. Delia Bushell, 48, tendered her resignation on Sunday after independent barrister Jack Mitchell found evidence to support a number of the allegations of misconduct against her – … Read more
Jockey Club chief executive slams ‘deeply unpleasant stitch-up’ as she quite horseracing organisation amid claims of bullying and racism Delia Bushell, 48, tendered her resignation last night amid bullying allegations Independent barrister found she had a case to answer for gross misconduct It was found to be ‘untenable’ for the former BT Sport and Sky … Read more
Jockey Club is hit by bullying claim against high-flying ex-BT and Sky executive brought in to revamp the horseracing body Delia Bushell, 48, is now one of the most powerful figures in British race horsing She is reportedly being investigated over a bullying complaint made against her The complaint was reportedly made by a senior … Read more
Government AXE PHE and replace it with new institute run by former jockey Baroness Dido Harding who oversaw disastrous Test and Trace scheme and TalkTalk when hackers stole 157,000 customers’ data Baroness Dido Harding, 52, headed NHS England’s Test and Trace scheme She is a former horse jockey and was chief executive of TalkTalk during … Read more
Jockey Liam Treadwell, who rode Mon Mome to a shock victory in the 2009 Grand National, has died aged 34. Trainer Alastair Ralph confirmed the tragic news on Tuesday, describing Treadwell’s death as ‘unbelievably sad’ and a ‘big shock’. It has not yet been revealed how Treadwell, who was born in Arundel, Sussex, died, but … Read more
The former chief executive of TalkTalk, who was at the helm of the company when it was hit by an £80 million cyber attack in 2015, will lead the UK’s test and trace scheme to tackle the coronavirus, set to launch tomorrow. Baroness Dido Harding, 53, was raised on a Somerset pig farm and is the … Read more
Former jump jockey Richard Pitman would abolish income tax if he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Pitman rode 470 winners in his career, but was famously beaten into second place in the 1973 Grand National on board Crisp by Red Rum, three-time winner of the Aintree race. He reveals he could earn the equivalent of … Read more