Jockey James McDonald to be relicensed

James McDonald
James McDonald will be eligible to ride again competitively from May.

James McDonald will be able to ride trackwork and trials ahead of his return to racing after a lengthy ban for a betting offence.

The former No.1 jockey for Godolphin in Australia, McDonald was outed after he admitted to placing a $1000 bet on Astern before he rode the horse to victory at Randwick in December 2015.

His 18-month ban ends on May 15 and Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys has agreed to a recommendation from the Licensing Committee for McDonald to be relicensed.

He will be allowed begin trackwork and trials from April 3 to help with the transition to race riding.

McDonald has won the Sydney premiership twice in 2013/14 and 2015/16.

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