Racing: Jockey Club calls in Egan
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Your support makes all the difference.John Egan has been ordered to appear before the Jockey Club licensing committee in London today after the Hong Kong Jockey Club had urged the jockey to return there to answer allegations that he accepted favours in return for racing information.
A Hong Kong arrest warrant has been issued against the Irishman and Egan was directed to return to there by 30 June. However, he was riding at Yarmouth yesterday and is booked at the track again today.
Egan and South African Robbie Fradd, a former champion jockey in Hong Kong, were arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in February as part of an investigation into race-fixing and illegal bookmaking. They were released after two days in prison. They were suspended from riding in Hong Kong but allowed to ride elsewhere.
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