Best rehearing put back two months after challenge

Jim Best's rehearing has been rescheduled to a provisional date of November 21 after the trainer challenged the September 19 slot originally set by the BHA.

The challenge of that date was heard on Tuesday by the chair of the BHA's proposed panel William Norris QC, who ruled the hearing should take place over five days from its new provisional date.

The next step in the process will come on October 7, when Best and his legal team will have the opportunity to challenge the appointment to, and composition of, the panel that will rehear the charges against him.