Luca Cumani left Portman Square a relieved man today, having won last month’s totesport Ebor “for the third time”.

Officials at the Jockey Club have issued a statement after the arrest of 16 people including Kieren Fallon this morning in connection with allegations of race-fixing.

British trainer Michael Wigham will appear before the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel tomorrow to establish if he has breached the rules of racing.

TRAINER Willie Mullins will probably have to wait until next week to hear whether his appeal against the disqualification of 2002 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup winner Be My Royal has been successful.

JOCKEY Gary Carter is to face serious charges over allegations that he rode as many as eight non-triers in a period of two months last year.

Officials at the Jockey Club are keenly awaiting tomorrow’s The Money Programme in the wake of controversial comments made by Ladbrokes chief executive Chris Bell.

Michael Caine is to open an Indian restaurant in London.

JOCKEY Andrew Thornton was referred to Portman Square by the Aintree stewards yesterday after being found guilty of using a mobile phone outside the designated area.

Michael Caine is to open an Indian restaurant in London.

The controversy surrounding Kieren Fallon’s riding of Ballinger Ridge at Lingfield on Tuesday reached new heights following sensational newspaper allegations.

Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was referred to Jockey Club headquarters at Portman Square by the Lingfield stewards today after getting beaten a short head on Ballinger Ridge in controversial circumstances.

IRISH jockey Shane Kelly faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after appearing before the Disciplinary Panel of the Jockey Club yesterday.

WILLIE MULLINS will appeal against yesterday’s disqualification of 2002 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup winner Be My Royal.

Willie Mullins has announced his intention to appeal against today’s disqualification of 2002 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup winner Be My Royal.

Robert Winston was referred to the stewards of the Jockey Club after being found guilty of careless riding at Southwell today.

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.

Martin Kelly

A lengthy Jockey Club investigation into the controversial victory of Spandau at Newton Abbot in England on August 12 has concluded that there was no breach of racing’s rules.

Jockey Francis Norton was suspended for four months today after a Jockey Club disciplinary hearing into a failed drugs test.

Trainer Sue Smith and jockey Dominic Elsworth’s appeal over the punishment handed out to them by the Wetherby stewards over the running of Ardent Scout last month will be heard by the Jockey Club disciplinary panel tomorrow.

CHARLIE MANN will be looking to avoid any further brushes with racing’s authorities after being warned yesterday that the withdrawal of his trainer’s licence had been an option under consideration by the Jockey Club.

KEITH DALGLEISH became the first rider to fall foul of new Jockey Club procedures when he failed a breathalyser test at Redcar yesterday.

Apprentice Fran Ferris will learn his fate at a hearing of the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel tomorrow.

Richard Hills was in double form at Newbury on Sunday as the track played host to the biggest day of Arabian racing ever staged in this country.

A late jockey switch involving Kieren Fallon and a raw apprentice at Brighton yesterday sparked a controversy and has been referred to Jockey Club headquarters in London for investigation.

AUSTRALIAN sprinting sensation Choisir will, after all, contest the Darley July Cup at Newmarket on Thursday week, it was revealed yesterday.

FERGAL LYNCH joined the growing list of jockeys to be suspended for not riding out to the line when he was one of five riders in trouble at Doncaster yesterday.

Robert Winston landed a treble at Newcastle last night to cast off the nightmare of the previous day.

Graham Bradley’s appeal hearing over an eight-year ban from racing and a £2,500 fine will reconvene on Monday – 10 weeks after it was postponed.

Jonjo O’Neill is set to face the Jockey Club disciplinary panel on February 13 after the performance of Top Of The Left at Exeter last week.

Trainer Jonjo O’Neill faces a Jockey Club hearing at Portman Square over the running of JP McManus's Top Of The Left at Exeter.

Trainer Jonjo O’Neill faces a Jockey Club hearing at Portman Square over the running of Top Of The Left at Exeter.

JIM CULLOTY has lodged an appeal to the Jockey Club in the hope of being able to partner Best Mate in the Pertemps King George VI Chase on St Stephen’s Day.

Jamie Osborne will on Thursday be the second of three trainers who appeared on the BBC's Kenyon Confronts documentary in June to learn his fate at Britain's Jockey Club.

Age is certainly proving no barrier to timeless veteran Pat Eddery and he partnered Splendid Era to a breathtaking success at Lingfield on Tuesday.

Veteran jockey Pat Eddery has ridden some blinders in his time but his victory on Splendid Era in the Littlewoods Bet Direct AW Owners Championship Novice Stakes at Lingfield today must rank among the most remarkable.

DERMOT BROWNE walked away from British horseracing for another 20 years yesterday issuing a warning that some of his fellow conspirators remain active within the sport to this day.

Self-confessed horse-doper Dermot Browne was hit with a 20-year ban at a hearing of the Jockey Club’s disciplinary committee today.

LEADING trainer Ferdy Murphy was yesterday fined £4,000 by the Jockey Club for comments made on the BBC programme ‘Kenyon Confronts’ earlier this year.

Irish trainer Ferdy Murphy has been fined almost €7,000 by the Jockey Club in Britain for bringing racing into disrepute.

TOP JUMP jockey Dean Gallagher acknowledged yesterday that he does not expect to return to race-riding after he received a ban of nearly 18 months after testing positive for cocaine.

Jockey Club officials today issued a statement outlining the reasons behind Roger Buffham’s dismissal as head of security last year.

Kieren Fallon got the perfect boost ahead of his trip to Portman Square today as he replaced the banned Richard Hughes on Binary File at York and claimed a Listed success to move further clear of his title rival.