Henderson fined and banned for three months

Nicky Henderson has been fined £40,000 and is unable to make entries for three months over the Moonlit Path case.The leading National Hunt trainer was last Monday found guilty of using a prohibited substance to improve the performance of The Queen's mare at Huntingdon in February.Henderson attended a personal hearing on Thursday evening, when pleas of mitigation were entered to a British Horseracing Authority panel, and learned of his punishment on Friday morning.The 58-year-old handler faced a possible disqualification from the training ranks, but will instead be unable to run any of his horses from July 11 to October 10.He has also been hit with a record fine imposed on any British trainer.