McKeown’s licence withdrawn‘in the interests of racing’

DEAN MCKEOWN’S riding licence has been removed to “protect the integrity of racing”, according to the British Horseracing Authority.

McKeown’s situation was considered untenable after the troubled jockey was on Tuesday found guilty under the ‘non-trier’ rule at Southwell yesterday.

The 48-year-old was last month warned off for four years after a BHA disciplinary panel ruled he was part of a conspiracy to lay a number of Paul Blockley-trained horses.