Bradley claims he has been made "a scapegoat"

Graham Bradley's appeal against an eight year ban from racing will not resume until the end of March.

The jockey-turned-bloodstock agent received his penalty and fines totalling �2,900 at a Jockey Club disciplinary committee inquiry last November.

A second, and concluding, day of his appeal was due to take place on 21 January.

But a member of the appeal board has contracted pneumonia and it will not be held until 31 March.

Jockey's Club PR director John Maxse said the long wait was due to the very busy schedules of the board members and legal staff involved.

He said: "The chairman of the board is independent from the Jockey Club and has his own engagements.

"Problems also arise from three legal QCs being involved, two for Graham Bradley and one for the Jockey Club."

Bradley, 42, launched an appeal in a bid to save his burgeoning new career, knowing that it would effectively be over if he was excluded from premises licensed by the Jockey Club.

The independent chairperson of the appeal board is former High Court judge Sir Edward Cazalet.

Sitting with him are the two Jockey Club representatives, Anthony Mildmay-White and Fiona Whitaker.

Bradley's legal team consists of barristers Robin Leach and Adam Lewis and Gill Nevin from solicitors Chalk Smith Brooks.