Lynch free to ride in Britain for one-year period

Fergal Lynch is to be allowed to ride in Britain for an initial one-year period, the British Horseracing Authority said yesterday.

Lynch, 36, admitted to stopping a horse, Bond City, from winning at Ripon in August 2004, supplying inside information about six of his rides, and associating with the disqualified Miles Rodgers.

The former champion apprentice was fined £50,000 in July 2009 and agreed not to ride in Britain for at least a year as part of a plea bargain agreement with the BHA.