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Posted on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
LONDON (AP) — Two jockeys were suspended for 18 months and a former owner and bookmaker was banned for eight years Monday in a British horse racing fixing scandal.
Jockeys Brian Reilly and Dean Williams were suspended for informing bookmaker Owen Churchill that their horses were unlikely to win or of ensuring they would not win. Churchill was banned for causing jockeys to break rules.
The charges stemmed from the running of 10 horses in races between December 2004 and February 2005.
The hearing by the disciplinary panel of Britain’s Horseracing Regulatory Authority had adjourned more than three weeks ago without a verdict.
Gary Carter was banned for five years and fined $3,679 last year after the Jockey Club found him guilty of breaching racing rules
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