Cases

Jockey Club v Keightley & others

Facts

On 20 October 2003 RED LANCER was reasonably well fancied to win a race at Wolverhampton, but the online gambling company Betfair found one of its accounts, in the name of a gambler NY, heavily laying the horse to lose. The horse dwelt in the stalls and came in 9th, and the NY account won. Investigations found that the NY bets had been placed by DC, the son of CC. CC was a gambler excluded from racing in January 2003 after admitting on oath to buying inside information from jockeys. CC, DC and NY had earlier been found guilty by another Disciplinary Panel of involvement in the corrupt laying of 8 horses ridden by jockey Gary Carter, over the 2 months before the RED LANCER race. Phone records showed RED LANCER's trainer, SK, had been in frequent phone contact with CC before, on the day, and after the Wolverhampton race. SK admitted this, and knowing that CC was excluded. He claimed their contacts were innocent.

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