Eight troubled months in life of a champion jockey

13 April 2012
2 March:

7 March: Accused of cheating by the News Of The World after a sting by undercover reporters

5 June: Completes the Oaks and Derby double aboard Ouija Board and North Light

1 September: Arrested at dawn with two other riders as part of a probe into alleged race-fixing

11 October: Concedes the jockeys' title to Frankie Dettori after a crashing fall at Leicester

23 October: Wins his sixth Group One race of the season aboard Motivator at Doncaster

30 October: Due to partner dual Oaks winner Ouija Board in the Breeders' Cup at Lone Star Park

2 November: Set to return home from Texas to answer bail with the City of London Police

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