Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul Nicholls

• Champion trainer wishes ex-patron continued success • Move comes ahead of ban appeal next week Harry Findlay’s appeal against the decision to ban him from racing for six months will not be heard until next week, but the ripples continued to spread ahead of what may be the most fiercely fought hearing in recent years. Whatever the outcome of the appeal, Findlay will no longer have horses in training with champion trainer Paul Nicholls next season, and his partnership with fellow owner Paul Barber, which has intrigued and entertained for several years, has also come to an end. Findlay, who has left for a brief holiday in Spain, has gifted his share in Denman, the 2008 Gold Cup winner, to Barber, while Big Fella Thanks, also formerly owned by the partnership, has moved to Ferdy Murphy’s yard and will now run in the colours of Findlay’s mother, Maggie.

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