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Daily Mirror
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Amateur jockey banned after horse is gifted race by blunder with seconds to go
Natasha Cookson was handed a 28-day ban by stewards at Cartmel after she appeared to stop riding when set to win on Book Of Secrets. The error benefited Alan O'Sullivan's mount Saligo Bay An amateur jockey was handed a 28-day ban from racecourse stewards after a late error in a race proved costly. Natasha Cookson was on-course for victory riding Book Of Secrets at Cartmel on Friday but appeared to misjudge the winning post. At the time horse and jockey were set to pass Alan O'Sullivan's mount Saligo Bay and take first place in the John Wade Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle, run on ground changed to soft before race one. With just seconds of the 2m 1f contest left, Racing TV footage showed how 7lb claimer Cookson stood up in her irons on Book Of Secrets, trained locally by James Moffatt. Immediately noticing what happened, commentator David Fitzgerald said: "Half a furlong to go, Saligo Bay and Book Of Secrets have gone on to Lightening Company. Saligo Bay the inside, the nearside is Book Of Secrets. "Oh she has stopped riding! And Saligo Bay has won.." Cookson realised her mistake and started to drive away again on Book Of Secrets, competing in a refitted hood, but there was no time left to catch Saligo Bay who held on by a neck. In-running comments of Cookson's ride said: "Held up towards rear of mid-division, headway from three out, chased leaders after last, went second final furlong run-in, keeping on well when rider appeared to misjudge winning line and briefly stopped riding towards finish, not recover final strides." The race was reviewed by the stewards who interviewed Cookson, who has had one winner from 21 rides over jumps in Britain during the past five seasons. Their report read: "Miss Natasha Cookson, the rider of Book Of Secrets, placed second, beaten a neck for first place, had appeared to stop riding shortly before the winning post. Being a 7lb claiming amateur, Miss Cookson was accompanied in the enquiry by trainer James Moffatt. After being interviewed and shown recordings of the incident, Miss Cookson was suspended for 28 days, on dates to be notified to her by the Head Office of the British Horseracing Authority, for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing on a horse that would have finished first." Cookson and O'Sullivan are both competing in the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Amateur Jockeys' Handicap on the flat at York this afternoon. Run over 1m2½f, 17 runners are due go to post, with Cookson aboard outsider Sharona for Jessica Bedi and O'Sullivan partnering It's A Love Thing for Saligo Bay's handler Sam England.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Big bass elusive during first day of Tenkiller Bassmaster Elite Series
Nearly every Bassmaster Elite angler had the same thought the first day at Lake Tenkiller: the big bass are hiding. When the Bassmaster Elite's seventh stop opened at Cookson Thursday, June 12, all 102 anglers had a five-fish limit full of small and largemouth bass, but big bass were not abundant on day one. While plenty of bags were filled to the brim, no one had a game-changing bass; the biggest one weighed in at 4 pounds, 10 ounces, from Kyle Welcher. Advertisement 'I never had that really good bite; I had two of them but they didn't get in the boat,' Coalgate's Luke Palmer said. Whether it's hard to find a bite or a lost fish, the field struggled to pull away from one another. "I did get two really big bites today, but they were catfish – ugliest things I've ever seen,' Jamie Hartman said. "I never got a big [bass] bite today; they really eluded me. I thought I could get two to three big bites, coming off my practice, which was really good.' Over the past several weeks, rain has consistently come down into Tenkiller, and that didn't change, as it rained off and on leading to overcast skies in day one. With the forecast looking much the same, Park Hill native Jason Christie thinks the next three days will be just as tough. Advertisement "I knew that was going to happen, with the water falling. The problem is with no sunshine, these fish spread out; you can watch it on [our radar,]" Christie said. "When they don't school up, they're hard to catch. It went about how I thought it would." After the first day, the leader only sits 5 pounds above the cut line. With only 50 anglers moving on to day three, no one's position is safe. Trey McKinney holds up a smallmouth bass, left, and a largemouth bass during weigh-ins for the first round of the Bassmaster Elite Series on Lake Tenkiller. As the field battled wind and rain, Andrew Loberg took the lead with a bag of 17 pounds, 9 ounces. Reining Rookie of the Year Trey Mckinney was the only other angler scoring over 16 pounds, with a bag of 17 pounds, 1 ounce. Advertisement 'We didn't get a bite for two hours, then I kind of figured out a little something and started to get bites,' McKinney said. "The big ones are definitely another trick altogether.' Muskogee rookie Blake Capps had a strong day on his home fishery. With a bag of 14 pounds, 10 ounces, Capps sits in 13th place. "Day one was a good day,' Capps said. 'I was moving around quite a bit today, but I saw some things I am liking so far. I did lose one that would help me get up there, but that's part of fishing.' Capps caught his limit on a variety of baits with the first-year pro and several other anglers saying they caught bass on nearly everything. Advertisement "We caught them doing everything but they were all the same size. Hopefully, we get a few extra bites tomorrow and make a jump into the top 50,' Wesley Gore said. Williams Tyler Williams loads a largemouth bass into his weigh bag during the first day of the Bassmaster Elite on Tenkiller. The field will be on the hunt for bass hiding spots when they launch at 6:30 at Lake Tenkiller Friday, June 13, for day two of stop seven for the Bassmaster Elite Series. "I'm going to have to make a few adjustments tomorrow; got a long day," Jacob Foutz said. "Hopefully we can catch us five big ones." Advertisement Other Oklahoma anglers Two other anglers returned to their home state to compete in this stop. Cherokee Nation's Jason Christie returned to his home lake for a professional tournament for the first time since 2019. After day one, Christie sits in 87th place with a total of 10 pounds, 7 ounces. Palmer is in 34th place with a first day limit of 13 pounds, 9 ounces.
North Wales Chronicle
10-06-2025
- North Wales Chronicle
Nursery worker admits manslaughter after death of 14-month-old boy
Kimberley Cookson, 22, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to one count of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of Noah Sibanda, who died after an incident at Dudley's Fairytales Day Nursery on December 9 2022. Business owner Deborah Latewood, 54, appeared alongside Cookson in the dock and pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between November 29 and December 9 2022. A plea of not guilty was entered on behalf of the firm which ran the now-closed nursery, based in Bourne Street, to one count of corporate manslaughter, including an alleged failure to ensure that children in the baby room were put down to sleep in a safe way, failure to ensure that staff were adequately trained to put babies down to sleep and failure to ensure staff were adequately supervised while doing so. The company also pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between November 29 and December 9 2022. Cookson, who wore a green shirt, and Latewood, who wore a white shirt and a grey blazer, spoke only to confirm their date of birth and to enter their pleas in front of the courtroom, which was packed with members of Noah's family and supporters of the defendants. Judge Michael Chambers KC said Latewood and the company would face a trial, likely to be in 2026, but did not set a date. Cookson will be sentenced upon conclusion of the trial, which is expected to last three weeks and both Cookson and Latewood were released on unconditional bail until the next hearing. Judge Chambers said: 'In your case, Kimberley Cookson, you have had the courage to plead guilty and will get the appropriate credit for that plea. 'I am adjourning your sentencing until the conclusion of the trial, so the judge will have all the facts of the case.' He warned both defendants that if they did not appear for their trial, they could face further criminal proceedings. A pre-trial review hearing was set for December 5.
Leader Live
10-06-2025
- Leader Live
Nursery worker admits manslaughter after death of 14-month-old boy
Kimberley Cookson, 22, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to one count of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of Noah Sibanda, who died after an incident at Dudley's Fairytales Day Nursery on December 9 2022. Business owner Deborah Latewood, 54, appeared alongside Cookson in the dock and pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between November 29 and December 9 2022. A plea of not guilty was entered on behalf of the firm which ran the now-closed nursery, based in Bourne Street, to one count of corporate manslaughter, including an alleged failure to ensure that children in the baby room were put down to sleep in a safe way, failure to ensure that staff were adequately trained to put babies down to sleep and failure to ensure staff were adequately supervised while doing so. The company also pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between November 29 and December 9 2022. Cookson, who wore a green shirt, and Latewood, who wore a white shirt and a grey blazer, spoke only to confirm their date of birth and to enter their pleas in front of the courtroom, which was packed with members of Noah's family and supporters of the defendants. Judge Michael Chambers KC said Latewood and the company would face a trial, likely to be in 2026, but did not set a date. Cookson will be sentenced upon conclusion of the trial, which is expected to last three weeks and both Cookson and Latewood were released on unconditional bail until the next hearing. Judge Chambers said: 'In your case, Kimberley Cookson, you have had the courage to plead guilty and will get the appropriate credit for that plea. 'I am adjourning your sentencing until the conclusion of the trial, so the judge will have all the facts of the case.' He warned both defendants that if they did not appear for their trial, they could face further criminal proceedings. A pre-trial review hearing was set for December 5.
Daily Record
10-06-2025
- Daily Record
Nursery worker admits manslaughter after death of 14-month-old baby
Noah Sibanda died after an incident at Dudley's Fairytales Day Nursery on December 9, 2022. A nursery worker has admitted to manslaughter following the death of a 14-month-old baby. Kimberley Cookson admitted one count of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the death of Noah Sibanda. The tot died after an incident at Dudley's Fairytales Day Nursery on December 9, 2022, The Mirror reports. Cookson, 22, appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court, alongside business owner Deborah Latewood, 54, on Tuesday. Latewood pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between November 29 and December 9, 2022. A plea of not guilty was also entered on behalf of the firm which ran the now-closed nursery, to one count of corporate manslaughter, including an alleged failure to ensure that children in the baby room were put down to sleep in a safe way, failure to ensure that staff were adequately trained to put babies down to sleep and failure to ensure staff were adequately supervised while doing so. The firm also pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act to ensure that Noah and others were not exposed to risk between November 29 and December 9 2022. Cookson and Latewood spoke only to confirm their date of birth and to enter their pleas in front of the courtroom, which was packed with members of Noah's family and supporters of the defendants. Judge Michael Chambers KC said Latewood and the company would face a trial, likely to be in 2026, but did not set a date. Cookson will be sentenced upon conclusion of the trial, which is expected to last three weeks and both Cookson and Latewood were released on unconditional bail until the next hearing. Judge Chambers said: 'In your case, Kimberley Cookson, you have had the courage to plead guilty and will get the appropriate credit for that plea. "I am adjourning your sentencing until the conclusion of the trial, so the judge will have all the facts of the case.' He warned both defendants that if they did not appear for their trial, they could face further criminal proceedings. A pre-trial review hearing was set for December 5.
