LADY T (Ian Spence up) going into the winners' enclosure at Caymanas Park last Saturday after her impressive win in the Jamaica Oaks. Owned by Western Syndicate and trained by Dwight Chen, the three-year-old filly won the event in 2:11.3 ahead of GRACE MARIE (Devon A. Thomas) and GEISHA'S ART (Javour Simpson). - Colin Hamilton

london (reuters)

Four journeymen jockeys and a trainer were found guilty last Thursday of passing on inside information for reward to Ajaz Khan, a financial adviser and punter.

Britain's Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA), banned jockey Shane Kelly and trainer Phil McEntee for 12 months, David Nolan for nine and Josh Byrne for four.

Khan, already barred in 2006 for three years for failing to provide phone records to an inquiry into his betting activities, was handed an indefinite suspension and told he cannot apply for the sanction to be lifted for 10 years.

Five associates, also banned indefinitely, cannot apply for three years.

An HRA disciplinary panel ruled that jockeys Kelly, Byrne and Nolan and trainer McEntee had also tried to mislead officials and that Byrne had provided inaccurate information.

Jockey Fran Ferris, suspended in February for two years in another case, will be dealt with later. His legal team was not on hand to mitigate on Thursday.

As well as passing on inside information, Ferris was also found guilty on five counts of deliberately riding a horse to lose and hindering an HRA official.

The panel decided that Khan had also committed a fraudulent or corrupt practice by laying, or causing other Betfair (betting exchange) holders to lay horses to lose or not be placed.

Thursday's bans are the latest in a series of cases to harm the image of racing in Britain.