Jockey Bryony Frost says she has been left remoted inside racing after making allegations of “misogyny and bullying” in opposition to a male rider.
The 26-year-old is Britain’s most profitable feminine jockey and has accused Robbie Dunne of a marketing campaign of aggression, bullying and sexism.
“To me, the isolation I’ve discovered from talking out, I would not want it on anybody,” Frost mentioned on the primary day of her proof at a disciplinary listening to on the British Horseracing Authority in London.
She struggled to carry again tears as she defined that she believed the tradition inside horse racing prevented individuals from elevating complaints.
“It would not enhance something by going to the stewards other than aggravating [the situation],” she mentioned.
When requested why different ladies in racing had not backed up her claims about 36-year-old Dunne, she mentioned the environment inside weighing rooms could be intimidating and that many inside the sport simply wish to shield their careers and never communicate out.
Bryony Frost advised the panel Dunne ‘promised me he would harm me and I believed him’
“They’re defending themselves, to remain impartial,” Frost mentioned.
Frost alleges that Dunne’s using turned an increasing number of aggressive in direction of her and that he used specific and sexist language when chatting with her.
Dunne accepts that he verbally abused Frost however denies the opposite fees he faces.
“I do know what he mentioned,” Frost advised the panel when requested in regards to the threats she claims Dunne made in direction of her.
Jockey Bryony Frost is Britain’s most profitable feminine jockey.
“He promised me he would harm me and I believed him. He needed me to know precisely what he felt about me.”
Yesterday, because the case in opposition to Dunne opened, the panel heard how the dispute between the pair started in 2017.
Dunne was accused of rising from a sauna at a racecourse whereas bare and behaving inappropriately in direction of Frost.
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After the 2 jockeys had ridden in opposition to one another in Stratford in July 2020, Dunne is alleged to have mentioned to Frost: “You are a f****** whore. You are a harmful c***. For those who ever do this to me once more I will f****** homicide you.”
In horse racing “homicide” can even imply using within the path of one other rider within the race
Dunne agrees that he was indignant in regards to the race however denies that he used these phrases.
“I might by no means use the language she suggests,” he mentioned in a press release.
Dunne’s disciplinary listening to is predicted to conclude subsequent week.