‘Odds-on’ to catch race fixers

In 2003 the Horseracing Regulatory Authority (HRA), a division of The Jockey Club, found itself in a glare of negative publicity when a BBC Panorama investigation made very public allegations of race fixing. Three years on, following investment in a new ‘police-style’ intelligence unit and an intelligence system from Memex, the HRA is beginning to turn the tables on the race fixers and changing perceptions about the horseracing industry.

Think of any televised sport in the UK today, and you will probably recall at least one public scandal in the last decade, from high profile drug bans, court cases and match fixing, to ball tampering and vice shame.