Irish amateur jockey Rob James has been banned for 12 months, eight of them suspended, after a video emerged of him climbing on the back of a dead horse.
A statement from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) said James had acted in a manner "prejudicial to the integrity and good reputation of horse racing".
It is the second time this month that the sport has been dragged through the mud after Grand National-winning trainer Gordon Elliott was banned for 12 months, six suspended, after a photograph showed him straddling a dead horse.
James apologised for his actions last week.
"I would just like to apologise for my actions which were wholly inappropriate and disrespectful," he said.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Toby Davis)
