Blockley and McKeown Guilty

Trainer Paul Blockley and jockey Dean McKeown have each been found guilty following the latest British Horseracing Authority inquiry into alleged racing corruption.

Blockley and McKeown were found guilty of breaching rule 201 (v) in that they conspired with others to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice.

Blockley has also found guilty of breaking rule 155(ii) in that he failed to give McKeown proper instructions to ensure Hits Only Money ran on its merits at Wolverhampton in December 2005.

McKeown was found guilty of breaching rule 157 in that he intentionally failed to ensure that Only If I Laugh, Smith N Allan Oils, Hits Only Cash and Hits Only Money ran on their merits in races between June 2004 and December 2005.

Owner Clive Whiting has also been found guilty of misleading BHA investigators.

Owners David Lovatt and Martyn Wakefield, along with Whiting's brother Vincent, former owner Marcus Reeder, David Wright and Nicholas Rook have all been found guilty of breaching rule 201(v) as well.

Blockley has been warned off for two and a half years and McKeown for four years.

Clive Whiting has been warned off for eight years, Vincent Whiting four years, Wright and Rook for six years, Reeder and Wakefield 18 months. Lovatt was fined £20,000

The verdicts and punishments are subject to appeal and all the accused denied the charges.