BOOKMAKER Owen Churchill and jockeys Brian Reilly and Dean Williams are to face various charges by the British Horseracing Regulatory Authority over the running of 10 horses in races over a two-month period around 18 months ago.

Jockeys’ Association chief John Blake has had a “long chat” with Frankie Dettori over the issue of minimum weights.

Frankie Dettori has threatened to quit the Jockeys’ Association over the minimum riding weight, which he claims is having a detrimental effect on the health of riders in Britain.

POLICE in England have arrested another jockey as part of their investigations into allegations of race-fixing.

KIEREN FALLON has had his bail extended until July as the City Of London police continue their investigation into alleged race-fixing.

Tracks owned by Racecourse Holdings Trust (RHT) have swept the board in the Tote-sponsored Neil Wyatt Groundstaff of the Year Awards.

Jockeys in the UK are set to have more scope for sponsorship with the removal of the owners’ veto in the near future.

Former jockey Gary Carter has been left “stunned” by the Jockey Club’s decision to declare him a disqualified person for five years and fine him £2,000 (€2,900) after he was found to have committed breaches of the Rules of Racing.

FORMER jockey Gary Carter has been left “stunned” by the Jockey Club’s decision to declare him a disqualified person for five years and fine him £2,000 after he was found to have committed breaches of the Rules of Racing.

Kieren Fallon has been rebailed until March next year after spending much of Tuesday being questioned by police in connection with allegations of race-fixing.

KIEREN FALLON has been rebailed until March next year after spending much of yesterday being questioned by police in connection with allegations of race-fixing.

Racecourses are being asked by the Jockeys’ Association to support RaceTech and safeguard the future of their stalls handlers.

Significant progress has been made following the latest “highly-constructive talks” with the key players in the ongoing stalls dispute in the UK.

Arena Leisure are considering police involvement after it was revealed their new stalls handlers team have been subject to threats of verbal and physical violence.

Some progress appears to have been made today in the controversy surrounding the new Steriline starting stalls which are in use at 17 of Britain’s 35 racecourses.

Kevin Darley received a 10-day ban at Ayr yesterday which rules him out of both the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and the whole of Glorious Goodwood.

Robert Miles faces a lengthy ban when he appears at a Jockey Club hearing tomorrow after testing positive for cocaine at Salisbury in September.

TIMMY MURPHY is set to appeal against the seven-day ban he incurred for throwing his whip at his mount Semi Precious at Plumpton on Monday.

Timmy Murphy has indicated he is set to appeal against the seven-day ban he incurred for throwing his whip at his mount Semi Precious at Plumpton yesterday.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is due back in the saddle at Salisbury today, after his arrest yesterday in connection with a race-fixing probe.

THE raids began early yesterday morning. More than 130 police officers raided 19 addresses across Suffolk, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Hertfordshire, arresting 16 people for alleged conspiracy to defraud.

Jockeys’ Association chief executive John Blake said today that his organisation will offer full support to the three jockeys arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of race-fixing.

Champion Irish jockey Kieren Fallon is one of the three riders arrested today as part of an investigation into alleged race fixing, according to the BBC.

Sixteen people including three jockeys and a trainer have been arrested today in a probe into alleged fixing of horse races in England.

Tuesday, January 6 is the date set for the 'Ludlow seven' appeal to the Jockey Club disciplinary panel against the 19-day penalty the riders received following a controversial race at the track last Thursday.

SANDOWN PARK’S meeting on Sunday could be hit by a jockeys’ boycott as the row over mobile phones escalates.

Michael Kinane still does not know whether he will be riding the odds-on Galileo in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.