This date 10 years ago G.Bradley got 8 years

BRADLEY DISQUALIFIED FOR EIGHT YEARS

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Panel: Christopher Hodgson (Chairman), Andrew Merriam and Nicholas Wrigley

Graham Bradley

The Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club, on 27th, 28th and 29th November 2002, held an enquiry to consider whether or not Graham Bradley, a former licensed jockey, having agreed to be treated as if at all material times he was bound by the Rules of Racing, had committed a breach of the following Rules of Racing:

Rule 204(iv) by giving or offering to give on various dates during the term of his licence information concerning horses entered in races under the Rules of Racing in return for monetary consideration, other than the receipt of a reasonable fee for giving an interview to the Press or other legitimate news gathering organisation for the purposes of general publication; and/or

Rule 62(ii)(b)(2) by receiving on various occasions during the term of his licence part of the proceeds of bets on horseracing; and/or

Rule 62(ii)(c) by receiving presents in connection with a race on various occasions during the term of his licence from persons other than the Owner of the horse ridden by him in that race;

Rule 220(vii)(b) by providing false information to the Licensing Committee of the Jockey Club on 21 June 1999, namely statements to the effect that he had never been asked by Brian Brendan Wright whether a particular horse would win or not win, and had never done anything wrong with Brian Brendan Wright; and

Rule 220(viii) by means of the statements mentioned above, endeavouring by an overt act to mislead the members of the Licensing Committee;

Rule 201(vi) by conspiring with Brian Brendan Wright and/or Brian Anthony Wright and/or Paul Shannon for the commission of a corrupt practice, namely deliberately bringing about the unwarranted abandonment of the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup in the interests of particular bets;

Rule 140 by entering the Weighing Room without special leave of the Stewards at Cheltenham on 16th November 2001 and at Newbury on 1st December 2001.

The Committee also considered whether or not Brian Brendan Wright, Brian Anthony Wright and Paul Shannon should be excluded, under Rule 2(v)(a), from all premises owned, licensed or controlled by the Stewards of the Jockey Club, on the grounds that they conspired with each other and Mr Bradley to deliberately bring about the unwarranted abandonment of the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup in the interests of particular bets.


The Committee heard evidence from Bradley, who was legally represented, Richard Wall, a Jockey Club Racing Intelligence Officer, Jeremy Phipps, the former Jockey Club Director of Security, Tim Archer, a registered owner, Pat Pocock, an employee of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, A P McCoy, a licensed jockey, and Colin Brown, Richard Dunwoody and Peter Scudamore, all former licensed jockeys. It also viewed video recordings of the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup and listened to extracts of a tape recording of the Licensing Committee's Meeting of 21st June 1999.


1. Having considered the transcript of the evidence of Mr Bradley given on oath on 28th September 2001 in the course of the trial of Barrie John Wright at Southampton Crown Court and other material evidence, the Committee found that Mr Bradley:

a) was in breach of Rule 204(iv)
b) was not in breach of Rule 62(ii)(b)
c) was in breach of Rule 62(ii)(c)

2. Having considered the transcript of a meeting of the Licensing Committee held on 21st June 1999, which included a statement of Mr Bradley to the effect that he had not done anything wrong with various persons, including Brian Brendan Wright and other material evidence, the Committee found that Mr Bradley:

a) was in breach of Rule 220(vii)(b)
b) was in breach of Rule 220(viii)

3. Having considered the evidence of Mr Bradley given to the Enquiry that the account given on pp188-9 of his autobiography 'The Wayward Lad' about the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup, in which he had described an attempt by him to have the race abandoned for the benefit of Brian Brendan Wright, was wholly untrue, the Committee found Mr Bradley not to be in breach of Rule 201(vi).


However, Mr Bradley, having agreed that the Committee could consider whether in the circumstances there had been a breach of Rule 220 (iii), was found in breach of this Rule.

4. The Committee, having considered all the evidence relating to Mr Bradley's presence in the Weighing Room at Cheltenham and Newbury found him to be in breach of Rule 140.


The Committee declared Mr Bradley to be a disqualified person for eight years from Saturday 7th December 2002 in respect of the breaches of Rules 204 (iv), 62 (ii)(c), 220 (vii)(b), and 220 (viii).


The Committee imposed a fine of £2500 upon Mr Bradley in respect of the breach of Rule 220 (iii) and a fine of £400 in respect of the two breaches of Rule 140.


The Committee was not satisfied that it had been established on the evidence that Brian Brendan Wright, Brian Anthony Wright and Paul Shannon had conspired to bring about the abandonment of the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup and accordingly no exclusion orders were made in respect of these persons under Rule 2 (v)(a).