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DARREN EGAN, considered one of the most promising apprentices when he emerged on the scene of British Flat racing in 2012, is facing a lengthy ban from the sport after a disciplinary panel found him guilty of riding horses to lose.
Egan, 23, and unlicensed individual Philip Langford, neither of whom attended a hearing at the BHA's headquarters in London on Monday, were found in breach of rules relating to running horses on their merit and inside information, and were immediately disqualified from racing, although their penalties have yet to be determined.
The BHA-appointed panel looked at races from June and July in 2013 and "came to the view that all the allegations of breach of the rules of racing were clearly established".
The most serious of those charges - relating to the general requirement for a horse to be run on its merits and obtain the best possible placing - has a suspension range of between five and 25 years.
Egan, now said to be living in the States, rode 47 winners in 2012, but missed out on challenging for the apprentice title when suffering a broken collarbone at the end of the season.
He has not ridden in Britain since October 2013.
Egan, 23, and unlicensed individual Philip Langford, neither of whom attended a hearing at the BHA's headquarters in London on Monday, were found in breach of rules relating to running horses on their merit and inside information, and were immediately disqualified from racing, although their penalties have yet to be determined.
The BHA-appointed panel looked at races from June and July in 2013 and "came to the view that all the allegations of breach of the rules of racing were clearly established".
The most serious of those charges - relating to the general requirement for a horse to be run on its merits and obtain the best possible placing - has a suspension range of between five and 25 years.
Egan, now said to be living in the States, rode 47 winners in 2012, but missed out on challenging for the apprentice title when suffering a broken collarbone at the end of the season.
He has not ridden in Britain since October 2013.
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Greg Fairley works as a Tree Feller, now. Shane Kelly is nearly stable jockey to Richard Hughes and John Egan is in the top-ten riding in the UK. If Darren could've just gotten through the first few years......
In The Sun yesterday. A man gave him £1,000 and a mobile phone but he thought nothing of it. 
He was only a kid and exploited by a few nasty individuals.
BHA have got this one wrong.
BHA have got this one wrong.
tip of the iceberg Egan was, what about Handbrake Eddie , look up his rides on Frequency for the lamented Miss Weaver and Ml Wigham.
or the retired lady jock when she got Archie Stevens beaten at 1/4 , claimed a week previously to export to the US but found to have a leg problem and thrown into a claimer and laid till the cows come home. its still going on and once Butler resumes look out
or the retired lady jock when she got Archie Stevens beaten at 1/4 , claimed a week previously to export to the US but found to have a leg problem and thrown into a claimer and laid till the cows come home. its still going on and once Butler resumes look out
GANT007, he was apprentice to Ron Harris.
At the time the story broke in October 2013, I started a thread about it from a news point of view. Here is the link to the thread, I'm intrigued by the second post on the thread, and interesting that he was intending to switch his licence from Ron Harris to John Butler!
http://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30107105/darren-egan-under-investigation-by-the-bhas-security-dept
At the time the story broke in October 2013, I started a thread about it from a news point of view. Here is the link to the thread, I'm intrigued by the second post on the thread, and interesting that he was intending to switch his licence from Ron Harris to John Butler!
http://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30107105/darren-egan-under-investigation-by-the-bhas-security-dept
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