The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board released a giant charge sheet aimed at McNally and several others on Tuesday.
McNally has been accused of doing ‘serious damage’ to racing after being hit with a massive string of ‘proven’ chargesA number of charges against McNally, whose top horses include Dreal Deal and The Jam Man, have apparently been ‘proven’.And he stands accused of having done ‘serious damage’ to racing.
One of the headline charges levelled at McNally alleged the trainer ‘organised the manipulation of official handicap ratings’ for two horses, including All Class.
That horse won a ‘farcical’ Punchestown race last year after being backed from around 20-1 to 6-4 and winning by 23 lengths.
Twelve jockeys were hauled in for questioning after the contest .
According to the document, the IHRB also ‘proved on the evidence’ that McNally ‘used the racecourse as a training ground and schooling in public with the objective of acquiring a lenient official handicap rating for his horses’.
And, according to the IHRB charge sheet, McNally was also allegedly proven to have ‘achieved a pattern of improvement in form of horses at a level previously unfamiliar to experienced and long-serving handicapping officials’.
The IHRB finding read: “The Committee is satisfied that this allegation is proved in the case of Mr McNally insofar as his interaction with Mr. Ciaran Fennessy is concerned.
“The remaining parts of the charge are not proved.”;
McNally’s biggest wins as a trainer including the Troytown in November 2020 with The Jam Man, worth £63,559.
Dreal Deal won the Grade 2 Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle in January last year, a win worth £18,750.
The referrals hearing was adjourned from September but was released in full today.
A date for penalties will be set in due course, the IHRB document confirmed.
