SportHorse racingBritish Horseracing AuthorityHH Clement Goldstone KC was ‘surprised’ stopping the race was not considered after the Dan Skelton-trained Lac De Constance unseated his rider and broke down14:51, 29 Jun 2026Leicester racecourse has been fined £5,000 after failing to deploy screens around a fatally injured horse and allowing the race to continue‌BHA instructions require tracks to stop a race where there is an unavoidable major hazard which necessitates stopping and to erect screens around the injured horse or jockey. But during a chase at Leicester in January neither of the instructions were followed after the Dan Skelton-trained Lac De Constance sustained a fatal injury, according to a BHA disciplinary hearing.‌Replay footage shows the remaining runners bypassing the second last fence, on the other side of which jockey Tristan Durrell had hold of Lac De Constance.‌At the stewards inquiry into the events on the day, racecourse vet, Mr P Daley, described himself as ‘in control’.However the track was referred to the BHA to consider a breach of the rules as it had failed to deploy screens around the obviously injured before the remaining horses completed their final circuit “or at all”.‌Judicial panel member HH Clement Goldstone KC agreed with the conclusion of a BHA investigation that the racecourse executive had failed to stop the race and screen the horse.“I am surprised only by the apparent failure of the Managing Executive to have even considered, let alone implement the first option of stopping the race,” he said.Article continues below“The BHA, correctly in my opinion, consider that the fact that a seriously-injured horse was moved, contrary to the BHA’s veterinary guidance, of which Mr Daly must have been aware, was an aggravating feature and, by inference, was not a failure which could simply be attributed to an error of judgment.”At a separate hearing Hereford racecourse was fined £3,500 after riders had to take evasive action when two grandstaff and a pitchfork were on the track during a race.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌British Horseracing AuthorityHorsesHereford Racecourse