Graham Gibbons

Former jockey Freddy Tylicki has won his High Court case against Graham Gibbons over the 2016 fall at Kempton that left him partially paralysed. Judge Karen Walden-Smith, in finding Gibbons liable for Tylicki's injuries, said Gibbons had ridden with "a reckless disregard for Mr. Tylicki's safety" when manoeuvring his mount, Madame Butterfly, into the path of Tylicki's, Nellie Deen, causing the fall that left Tylicki with life-changing injuries. "If Mr. Gibbons was not aware of Nellie Deen's presence he clearly should have been," said Walden-Smith. "He was considered to be...

Freddy Tylicki is suing jockey Graham Gibbons over the 2016 fall that left him paralysed from the waist down, Racing Post reports. A five-day hearing is set to begin on Nov. 29 at the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London, and has a potential value of £6-million, according to court documents obtained by Racing Post. The documents allegedly spell out Tylicki's argument that Gibbons caused his injuries by moving his mount, the eventual winner Madame Butterfly (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}), towards the rail in a maiden...