As reported by the Racing Post, the Jockey Club has made significant progress in the investigation of the activities of a Bolton-based professional punter and former racehorse owner, who controlled a number of Betfair accounts and is believed to have profited from laying horses he was told would not win.
The Jockey Club successfully applied to the High Court for access to the punter’s phone records, which are now being studied in conjunction with his betting exchange accounts.
The phone data is believed to show the punter was in regular contact with several jockeys, including two apprentices, both before and after races in which he laid horses they were riding.
The Racing Post, which has seen a copy of one of the punter’s Betfair accounts, reports that a Newmarket trainer was responsible for four of the five horses who provided the punter his most successful lays and won him more than £21,800.
The second case of alleged corruption involves four Flat jockeys and a former Midlands-based racecourse bookmaker.
Phone records have established a large number of calls between the parties, with the riders suspected to have advised the bookmaker their horses would have not win in up to 80 all-weather races.
The bookmaker is believed to have laid the horses to lose on betting exchanges then to have offered more generous odds while trading at the track.
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