Jockey banned for taking 'offensive' photo of female rider in changing room

Holly Durnan, an apprentice, was suspended nether workplace harassment rules aft the photograph taken successful the pistillate jockeys’ country was shared

A young jockey has been suspended for 3 months for taking an “offensive” photograph of different pistillate rider.

Holly Durnan, a 20-year-old apprentice rider with 55 winners successful her career, was investigated by stewards successful New South Wales, Australia pursuing the circulation of a photograph taken successful the pistillate jockeys’ country astatine Corowa contention gathering successful September.

Her mobile telephone was seized aft which it was discovered she had utilized the instrumentality connected different occasions during contention meetings, which is forbidden.

The stewards issued 3 charges against Durnan which alleged she had engaged successful workplace harassment “by taking an violative photograph of a chap apprentice jockey connected her mobile telephone portion successful the pistillate jockey country and distributing it to different manufacture participant”.

She denied the complaint but was recovered blameworthy by a RacingNSW panel. She pleaded blameworthy to having possession of her mobile instrumentality successful the pistillate jockeys’ country connected 3 occasions. She besides admitted utilizing her telephone connected 5 occasions during contention meetings

Durnan was suspended for 3 months, fined £770, reduced to £500, positive fixed different 3 weeks suspension, reduced to 2 weeks, to beryllium served concurrently. The prohibition begins connected October 7 and is owed to expire connected January 7 2025.

If Durnan produces grounds of having completed an accredited workplace harassment course, the punishment would beryllium varied to let her to resume duties connected December 7, portion £250 of the good volition beryllium stayed if determination is nary further breach of the mobile telephone rules implicit the adjacent 18 months.

Durnan has the close to appeal.