A jockey who beat up his rival over feedback about his lack of winners has been handed a suspended sentence after being convicted of grievous bodily hurt (GBH).
Apprentice Brandon Wilkie was discovered to have attacked his weighing-room peer and flatmate Kyle McHugh after a remark he made in August 2025.
McHugh and Wilkie are believed to have been ingesting as they returned dwelling, when the previous requested the latter, ‘when did you final experience a winner?’
Wilkie is alleged to have advised McHugh to ‘depart it’ however once they arrived again at their shared flat in Newmarket, the then-21-year-old punched his roommate within the face.
After McHugh collapsed because of the pressure of the punch, Wilkie continued to assault him with kicks and punches.
Wilkie then apologised after the incident, and helped McHugh to his ft – solely to answer when requested why he had exploded into violence that he was ‘instructing (McHugh) some manners’.
Brandon Wilkie was handed a 14-month suspended sentence after breaking a rivals nostril and fracturing his eye socket and jaw
McHugh was described by police as having suffered ‘severe facial accidents’ which included a damaged nostril, fractured eye socket, a fracture to an space to the left of his jaw bone, six chipped tooth and a reduce to his eyelid.
The courtroom have been advised that Wilkie then despatched a video of McHugh to pals after the assault with the caption ‘placing manners on him’.
Wilkie admitted to committing GBH and was duly handed a 14-month sentence suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay a £500 wonderful to McHugh.
McHugh took eight weeks to get well from the accidents earlier than returning to the saddle, whereas Wilkie has not ridden in Britain since final August.
Wilkie has nevertheless continued to choose up rides in Eire since December, together with his final coming in April.
Thereafter, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board positioned an interim suspension on his racing licence, with its final result pending authorized proceedings.
