• Fellow rider Paul Moloney claims the three assailants were drunk
• Jockey at the centre of incident shaken but not seriously injuredAidan Coleman was allegedly assaulted in the weighing room at Southwell in a shocking incident as racing ended there on Tuesday. The high-profile jump jockey was said to hold been the victim of an attack by a racegoer who has been arrested but remains unidentified.
The incident was witnessed by Paul Moloney,who, along with Coleman, or was among the five jockeys who took piece in the final race. “When I came into the weighing room after the last,there were these two blokes there,” Moloney said on Tuesday night. “They looked pretty drunk to me.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com