The National Hunt jockey Robbie Dunne has been found guilty of bullying and harassing rival jockey Bryony Frost.
A three-man disciplinary panel from the British Horse Racing Association found Dunne guilty of “conduct prejudicial to the integrity, proper conduct and good reputation of horse racing by bullying and harassing a fellow jockey”, ending a six-day hearing of the case.
Dunne, who was due to race in this weekend’s ‘The International’ meeting at Cheltenham, had denied all but one of seven charges made against him, but has been found guilty of four of those.
The panel found Dunne made threats of physical violence towards Frost as well as the use of offensive and misogynistic language.
The panel will now take some time to deliver a penalty against Dunne, but today concluded that “a course of deliberate conduct over a significant period of time has been revealed.”
“We have real concern the weighing room culture is deep rooted and coercive and is not conducive to the good health and development of race riding,” said Brian Barker, panel chair.
