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Berry Given Training Go-Ahead

Alan Berry will be allowed to continue to train despite being charged as part of a police investigation into alleged race-fixing.

After a hearing at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority, racing's regulators have permitted Berry to keep on sending out runners from his Lancashire base.

The HRA's special panel decided a ban would be 'disproportionate' given that trials in the case are unlikely to begin before spring 2007.

Berry was one of 11 people ? four of whom are licensed by the HRA ? charged by the City Of London Police on Monday after a two-year investigation which became public in September 2004.

The other three licensed individuals charged by the police ? six-times champion jockey Kieren Fallon and weighing room colleagues Darren Williams and Fergal Lynch ? will appear at Shaftesbury Avenue on Friday.

They were banned from taking any rides in Britain following the charges and like Berry, they will be given a chance to argue their case for continuing their profession.

(C) PA Sport