UK-based trainer George Prodromou has signalled his intention to appeal after being disqualified for eight years following the conclusion of a disciplinary hearing centring around the running of two horses at Lingfield in January 2010.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy heads for Newton Abbot this afternoon still seven short of Richard Dunwoody’s all-time record for a jump jockey of 1,699 winners after drawing a blank from his five rides at Southwell on Monday.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy remained seven short of Richard Dunwoody’s all-time record for a jump jockey of 1,699 winners after drawing a blank from his five rides at Southwell today.