Conditional Colliver in prison after lying about car crash

Conditional jockey Joe Colliver has been jailed for lying about a drunken car crash and paying a friend £2,500 to take the blame and save his promising career.

Colliver – who rides out of Micky Hammond's yard at Middleham, North Yorkshire, and partnered 26 winners last season – was told by a judge: "This was seriously criminal."

The 25-year-old rider would probably have received only a fine and driving ban if he had admitted being behind the wheel of the truck involved.