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Jockeys To Learn If They Will Face Corruption Charges

Some of the world's top jockeys will learn if they face charges today in Britain's biggest horse racing corruption investigation.

A total of 28 people are due to answer bail at Bishopsgate police station in the City of London as part of an inquiry into a betting conspiracy.

Among them will be former flat racing champion jockey Kieren Fallon and leading Irish rider Robert Winston.

Other riders due to answer bail include Fergal Lynch, Darren Williams and Paul Bradley.

Trainers Alan Berry and Karl Burke have also been arrested as part of the inquiry, but they will not have to answer bail until later in the year.

The police investigation ? codenamed Operation Crypton ? has been hanging over the sport for more than two years.

The inquiry has been looking at more than 80 races and more than 130 officers have worked on the case.

At least 19 addresses have been raided.

The police swoops followed irregular betting on the internet exchange Betfair.

Betfair passed records from its sophisticated tracking of betting patterns to the Jockey Club.

They in turn called in the City of London Police, who have the country's largest financial fraud investigation team.

(C) PA Sport