JOHN 'Shark' Hanlon has been given a 10-month training ban and fined €2,000 for damaging the "good reputation of horseracing" by transporting a dead racehorse in an open trailer last June with the carcass in public view.

Hanlon intends to appeal the ban imposed by the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, who on Thursday afternoon announced the verdict of last week's hearing by the Referrals Committee. The trainer added that he was "very surprised and very disappointed" with the results of the hearing.