John Egan

Turner reported the behaviour of veteran rider John Egan to stewards at Chester racecourse on Saturday after being persuaded to by three other male riders.

He said: "I probably overreacted. "Nobody thought it was right and it was a really good reaction from the other jockeys and from the officials on the day who took it seriously." Towards the end of the meeting I thought about what I did and apologised to Hayley and said I’d gone over the top. "Hopefully it will put anyone off saying those sorts of things and I had a really strong reaction from other riders on the day encouraging me to report what happened. "I wasn’t upset myself, that’s really important to say, but you cannot speak the way he did and we cannot have a workplace where it’s allowed to happen. "I’ve been in the weighing room for 20 years and I’ve seen it all, but for me the way things are now it’s not acceptable to do that.