Graham Bradley was a professional horse racer and a member of the National Hunt Jockey Club. On November 29, 2002 he was banned from the Club for breaking six of its rules. [1]
Throughout his career, Bradley had many horseracing wins [2] including: riding Bregawn – Michael Dickinson’s Cheltenham Gold Cup (1983) winner, [3] the Champion Hurdle on Collier Bay (1996) [4] and the Grand National Hennessy Gold Cup (1997). [5]
Following his ban from the Club, Bradley set out to become a horseracing trainer, but he abandoned this plan in 2015. [6]
Since his retirement in 1999 [7] Bradley has purchased a few champion horses. Seebald won seven races before finishing second in the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy [8] at the Cheltenham Festival in 2002.
Bradley has received various punishments over the years including:
Throughout the 1990's, an investigation into Bradley's actions occurred due to concerns about race fixing. These events were what led to his retirement. [18] In 2014, Bradley was cleared of charges alleging he was training horses under the name of Brendan Powell. [19] In 2019, Irish authorities allowed Bradley to register as a racehorse owner. [20] Marchons Ensemble came second in his name. [21] Bradley has been referred to as “one of racing’s most controversial characters". [22]
The Wayward Lad was a Ghost-written autobiography on him by Steve Taylor. [23]