Feb 10 • 13:05 UTC 🇬🇧 UK Mirror

Jockey who served 12-year corruption ban rides first winner of comeback

Greg Fairley, banned for 12 years due to corruption, celebrates his first victory after returning to horse racing.

Greg Fairley, a once-celebrated jockey and champion apprentice of 2007, has made a notable return to horse racing by securing his first win after a lengthy 12-year ban for corruption. Fairley gained significant recognition in the sport for riding 381 winners in Britain, and he achieved prestigious victories, including a Group 1 race in Germany with Lady Jane Digby in 2010. However, his promising career took a disastrous turn when the British Horseracing Authority's disciplinary panel found him guilty of failing to ride a horse to its full potential during a race in 2009, leading to his ban in December 2011.

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