Paul John ready to move on

Paul John, the jockey embroiled in the Jim Best saga, hopes his recent experience serves as a pointer to young riders of the future.

John admitted to stopping two Best-trained horses, Echo Brava at Plumpton on December 14 and Missile Man at Towcester on December 17 last year.

In a long drawn out case Best was initially found guilty of ordering “stopping” rides on the horses and banned for four years by a disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority.

However, it emerged the chairman of the disciplinary panel at that hearing, solicitor Matthew Lohn, was engaged by the BHA on other matters, giving rise to claims of an appearance of bias in favour of the governing body.

Best appealed and the verdict was quashed leading to another hearing, after which the trainer was handed a six-month suspension.

While John …

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