Dylan Kitts told a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel on Tuesday that he was instructed to prevent Hillsin from winning at Worcester in 2023 even if he “broke (his) neck in the process”.

Kitts was speaking at the second day of the hearing into charges brought against him and two other individuals for respective breaches of rule J (25) – committing, or conspiring to commit, a corrupt practice by agreeing to stop the horse from achieving his best possible placing.