RACING is braced for another corruption inquiry after four jockeys were charged with serious breaches of the British Horseracing Authority’s rules yesterday.

RACING is braced for another corruption inquiry after four jockeys were charged with serious breaches of the British Horseracing Authority’s rules yesterday.
Ten races in 2009 featuring Greg Fairley, Kirsty Milczarek, Jimmy Quinn and Paul Doe are under the microscope. Paul Fitzsimons, a rider at the time but now a trainer, is also alleged to have communicated directly or indirectly with betting exchange users for material reward and to have “intentionally failed to ensure that a horse was run on its merits”. Eight punters, including registered owners Maurice Sines and James Crickmore, have been charged with breaches relating to inside information.
Doe has been charged in relation to five races, Fairley to four, Quinn, two, while Milczarek and Fitzsimons to one race each. Andrew Chalk, acting for both Quinn and Fitzsimons, expressed surprise at the charges. “Jimmy is pulling his hair out and is particularly frustrated,” said the solicitor. “He feels he has co-operated fully with the investigation, having answered all of the appropriate questions with honesty. He is dismayed at the charges, and is adamant he has done nothing wrong.”
Greg Fairley has been charged in relation to four races
Milczarek’s representative, Christopher Stewart-Moore, said his client was “stunned”, and claimed the rider suffered injuries when Obe Gold left the starting stalls at Lingfield.
Stewart-Moore said in a statement: “She is stunned. She has been fully co-operative with the BHA investigations. She knows absolutely nothing about any laying of this horse other than what she has been told by BHA investigators and, of the eight non-licensed people, she knows only two of them as nodding acquaintances and has never spoken to them privately.”
The four jockeys are still able to ride until the hearing starts on October 20.

The maximum ban for a jockey found guilty of  not obtaining the best possible placing for personal reward is  25 years.
Fraudulent practice has an entry point of three years, breaching  inside information rules is six months, while  passing information for reward is three years. An owner laying a horse to lose has an entry point of 18 months.

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