Dean Mernagh
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Dean Mernagh is a famous horse racing jockey. He is the cousin of Grand National winner Graham Lee
. Mernagh's biggest achievement was winning the UAE version of The Derby in Dubai
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Mernagh was suspended from riding for nine months after he was found to be in breach of Rule 243 for communicating inside information, for reward, for a number of races between 2003 and 2004.
He never fully served his ban for race fixing in the UK despite being granted his jockey license in the United States
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Graham Lee (jockey)
Graham Lee is a successful Irish National Hunt jockey in Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to May 2006, he was the main stable jockey for Howard Johnson, but was replaced by Paddy Brennan, allegedly after a disagreement over his return from an injury. Lee became the main stable jockey and deputy...
. Mernagh's biggest achievement was winning the UAE version of The Derby in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
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Mernagh was suspended from riding for nine months after he was found to be in breach of Rule 243 for communicating inside information, for reward, for a number of races between 2003 and 2004.
He never fully served his ban for race fixing in the UK despite being granted his jockey license in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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