PJA urges riders to ditch high street banks in fraud fight

Horsemen have been urged to take their bank accounts away from the high street by the Professional Jockeys Association, who have described banks as "unwilling and incapable" of preventing and investigating thefts from riders.

It emerged in 2014 a number of jockeys and trainers had been targeted by an individual with losses amounting to a six-figure sum.

In its monthly newsletter published on Tuesday, the PJA said the behaviour of some banks was "scandalous" and also labelled the police and cyber-crime reporting centre Action Fraud "no use whatsoever".