Gordon Elliott’s girlfriend Kate Harrington stands by shamed trainer and denies Valentine’s Day bust-up rumours

RACING reporter Kate Harrington has vowed that she and disgraced trainer Gordon Elliott will stick together through the storm. And Harrington, 31, stressed last night: “Gordon is a great boyfriend.” The Irish Horseracing Regulatory board, the sport’s governing body in Ireland, has banned Elliott for 12 months, six of them suspended, after a picture emerged […]

RACING reporter Kate Harrington has vowed that she and disgraced trainer Gordon Elliott will stick together through the storm.

And Harrington, 31, stressed last night: “Gordon is a great boyfriend.”

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Kate Harrington has vowed to stand by boyfriend Gordon Elliott during his horse photo scandal and a rumoured row on Valentine’s Day[/caption]

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Elliott has been banned and fined after a photo emerged of him sitting on a dead horse[/caption]

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory board, the sport’s governing body in Ireland, has banned Elliott for 12 months, six of them suspended, after a picture emerged of him sitting on a dead horse.

He has also been fined £13,000.

Mystery remains why the photograph, which was taken in 2019, has been produced now, and by whom.

Elliott has apologised profusely for a ‘moment of madness’ and underlined his respect for all racehorses.

Talk continues to spread that Elliott put on a Valentine’s Day party at his County Meath stables and that Harrington was involved in an altercation with another woman present at the event.

But the Racing TV presenter launched a scathing attack on the rumour-mongers.

She stormed: “I won’t let anyone pull me into any incredibly damaging and untrue gossip.

“I won’t let anyone damage my reputation and business with lies and innuendo. I won’t let them.”

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Harrington strongly denied the ‘untrue gossip’ surrounding her and Elliott[/caption]

A close friend said: “Kate is outraged. Anyone would be outraged.

“Kate and Gordon are very much girlfriend and boyfriend.

“They had an exchange. There was a discussion between them.”

Elliott, 43, will not confirm that he and Kate are still together or whether he would like her alongside during his suspension.

Harrington is a former amateur champion jockey.

When not on reporting and analyst duties for RTV she assists her mother, Jessica, at their highly successful stable in Leinster.