Trainer Ted Walsh believes the loss of Gordon Elliott's stable stars will hurt him more than the outcome of the dead horse photo investigation.
Elliott is set to hear the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's verdict on Friday, in response to the viral image, with two weeks until the Cheltenham Festival.
Walsh, 70, told RTE : "To be in Gordon Elliott’s yard yesterday and watch Envoi Allen and eight of the best horse you have loaded into a box [will hurt more]. "Everyone dreams of having a Dawn Run or an Arkle.
Envoi Allen might have been one of them and now he has gone. I’m sure at this stage he is so low. "He’ll probably lose his licence for some length of time and receive a fine but I don’t know what. "At this stage he needs to make
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