By Marcus Townend for MailOnline
Published: 19:04 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 19:04 GMT, 21 March 2019
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Amateur jockey Declan Laverty has won his appeal against a 10-day Cheltenham Festival ban for continuing to ride Jerrysback in the National Hunt Chase 'contrary to the horse's welfare'.
The BHA suspension caused a storm of protest from within the sport as Jerrysback finished third in the four-mile chase on the opening day of the Festival.
The 20-time champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy, said the decision made him 'embarrassed for the BHA'.
Jockey Declan Laverty was handed a ban for continuing to ride 'contrary to the horse's welfare'
The ban also was the catalyst for a storm of criticism directed at the BHA questioning their competence as well as questioning whether their approach to welfare issues was too swayed by influences outside the sport.
Laverty was one of three amateur riders suspended for a total of 37 after the NH Chase in which only four of the 18 starters finished.
The BHA case hinged on whether the 27-year-old rider should have pulled up Jerrysback, who they said was clearly tiring, after the
