A former employee at Coolmore Stud, William Jones of Dominic’s Court, Cashel, Co Tipperary has been refused injunctions in the High Court today, preventing the stud’s lawyers writing to booksellers and distributors alleging that his book, The Black Horse Inside Coolmore, contains defamatory material.

Jones, who worked at the stud from 2006 until January 2015, denies any defamation.