Disputed image appears to show trainer sitting on dead horseSeveral
Twitter users claim image has been digitally alteredGordon Elliott, the trainer of the double Grand National winner Tiger Roll, said on Saturday night that he is “cooperating fully” with an investigation by the
Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board into a disputed image circulating on
Social Media which appeared to show him posing on top of a dead horse on his gallops.
The image, which circulated widely on Twitter on Saturday evening, shows signs of having been digitally altered according to a number of users who responded to a tweet from the IHRB at 7.29pm on Saturday. The board said it was “aware of an image circulating on social media”, adding that “the matter is under investigation”.