In the spring of 2004 the News of the World newspaper made allegations of race fixing against him, and he was due to appear before the Jockey Club later in the year to answer the allegations when on 1 September2004 he was one of three jockeys arrested as part of a police investigation into the alleged fixing of over 80 races in the previous two years. On 15 December2004 the Jockey Club discontinued its investigation into the allegations.