Jockey's hearing to go into next week

The Horseracing Regulatory Authority’s inquiry involving jockeys Robert Winston and Robbie Fitzpatrick will continue into next week.

Along with former licensed jockeys Luke Fletcher and Fran Ferris, former bookmaker Ian Nicholls and four other unlicensed individuals, the HRA panel are considering whether Winston and Fitzpatrick breached the Rules of Racing in relation to 37 races.

The hearing began last Wednesday and had initially been expected to conclude by the end of next Tuesday.

And while good early progress was made, it now looks as though the inquiry is unlikely to finish earlier than anticipated.

“Proceedings will now definitely run into Monday next week,” confirmed HRA spokesman Paul Struthers.

“There will definitely not be a result within the 10 days and it’s too early to say how quickly after the 10 days we can expect one.”