The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) published the verdict of an appeals body panel Wednesday evening. The panel was chaired by Justice Peter Kelly. The suspension of the final four years of the disqualification is contingent on adhering to the rules, a breach of which would reinstate the full sentence.

McNally's penalties-including the 12-year suspension, charges of €50,000 and the return of €13,000 in prize-money-were handed down in January, and the following month, he announced that he had formally appealed the Board's findings. The appeals panel convened last month to consider McNally's appeal against the sanctions handed to the trainer in late January by the referrals committee and later dismissed McNally's appeal against the findings of the committee.

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McNally was found to have conspired with fellow trainer David Dunne to conceal his ownership of Full Noise and All Class, for which, Dunne has been hit with a two-year ban for bringing racing into disrepute. 

Dunne was also handed a €5,000 fine and ordered to forfeit his prize-money which was deemed to have been won by illicit means. 

The rule 212 covers improvement in form, and it was under that rule that McNally's Dreal Deal was disqualified from wins at Limerick and Navan in the autumn of 2020. The Jam Man has also been disqualified from finishing second in a Limerick race under rule 275, which covers horses who have been the subject of fraudulent practice. 

McNally must forfeit €13,400 in prize-money while Dunne must hand over €27,000 to for winnings achieved with All Class and Full Noise. 

In a report published by the IHRB on Tuesday, it stated, “The committee regards the findings against Mr McNally as very serious. His offences strike at the integrity and the objective of having a level playing field for all who send horses out to race. They also involved a deception of the public, especially the betting public.”

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