PJA call for urgent whip rules action

THE Professional Jockeys Association yesterday called for urgent progress in amending the new whip rules brought into effect last week.

Fears of a strike by jockeys at Windsor and Pontefract on Monday was averted on Friday night after the British Horseracing Authority invited the PJA to a board meeting on Monday.

Representatives of the PJA, including chief executive Kevin Darley, Tony McCoy, Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore, met with the BHA in London, with a review of the new regulations due from racing’s rulers at the end of the week.