six-month ban

John 'Shark' Hanlon, who will begin his six-month ban on Dec. 1, has appointed Tara Lee Cogan as his temporary replacement, he announced on Friday. "Tara Cogan is going to take over training," said Hanlon, who was originally supposed to serve a 10-month ban, but had that reduced on appeal. "She's a friend not too far from me and she's moving into my yard. She takes over on Monday." The Referrals Committee of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) ruled Hanlon had acted in a manner that "caused significant prejudice...

Trainer Fabrice Vermeulen, who sits in second in the 2022 French trainers' premiership, has been suspended for six months by France Galop due to alleged ownership record falsifications for 12 horses in his care, the Jour de Galop reported on Wednesday. Approximately half of the sentence will be suspended for five years. An investigation was started after Vermeulen claimed unpaid training fees from one of his owners, Laetitia Louis. The majority of the record-keeping issues are related to the involvement of SAS Le Marais, which is registered to Vermeulen's assistant...