Trainer Hoy regains trainer's licence

IPOH,  4 April 2005

Hoy Kee Poh has been issued a MRA trainer's licence after serving a suspension. He will continue to be based in Ipoh.

Hoy was suspended six months when the Stewards concluded an inquiry in respect of his training activities in September last year.

Hoy had pleaded guilty to a charge under MRA Rule 45(d) in that he, a licenced trainer with the Malayan Racing Association, did between 1 May 2004 and 28 June 2004 acted in the capacity as an assistant to Christopher W Innes, not being a holder of a trainer’s licence, whom he (Hoy) permitted to train the racehorses KUALA DIPANG, JERAM, JERAM MAS, GOLDEN ENERGY, KISS OF DRAGON, WONDERFUL DRAGON, CITY EMPEROR, POWER HERO, JERAM FIGHTER, POWER OF GOLD and GOLDEN HUNTER at the Perak Turf Club when these horses were at all material times under his charge.

Innes was found guilty of a charge under MRA Rule 45(a) in that he, a licenced track work rider not being a holder of a trainer’s licence issued by the Malayan Racing Association, did between May 1 and June 28, 2004, train the above-mentioned racehorses at the Perak Turf Club when these horses were at all material times under the charge of Hoy. He was disqualified for a period of one year.