Prosecutors have dropped a race-fixing charge against a trainer and his farrier following the collapse of the Kieren Fallon trial.

Alan Berry received a welcome boost when Geordie Dancer halted a long losing streak for the Cockerham trainer at Carlisle on Monday.

Veteran jockey John Carroll has decided to hang up his saddle after a career spanning a quarter of a century.

Cockerham trainer Alan Berry broke new ground when he completed his first double as an owner with Banana Grove and Obe Bold at Redcar today.