Speaking outside the house in Upper Lambourn which she shares with Osborne and her two children, she said: “The whole thing is preposterous. Gallagher was due to ride at Lingfield yesterday but missed the mount. But while investigations continue, the Committee had opted to suspend their licences in the best interests of racing.Osborne is out of action with a broken left wrist but he was expected to begin his comeback in February. The three jump jockeys arrested on Tuesday over two cases of doping racehorses have had their licences to ride temporarily suspended by the Jockey Club to protect racing’s image despite the fact that no criminal charges have been brought Ian Davies reports. Jamie Osborne, Leighton Aspell and Dean Gallagher, the three jockeys arrested on Tuesday over two cases of racehorse dopings, were last night suspended from riding by the Jockey Club, racing’s rulers, until 5 February.
The top rider plus Dean Gallagher and Leighton Aspell were banned at a special meeting of the Jockey Club’s Licensing Committee, held in London. All were present with their legal representatives as the Committee decided upon the temporary withdrawal of their riding licenses.The Licensing Committee panel consisted of chairman Gurney Sheppard, former jump jockey Philip Blacker and David Gibson, a prominent racehorse breeder.Osborne, Gallagher and Aspell were released without being charged after spending 12 hours being questioned at Charing Cross Police Station in London on Tuesday They were bailed to report back on 29 April. London responded with six points and were steadied by two free throws from Paul Deppisch.
Thames Valley Tigers consolidated their position for the play-off quarter- finals by overrunning Crystal Palace 122-79 at Bracknell last night.Manchester Giants are expected to beat tomorrow’s transfer deadline by signing, the American Steve McGlothin.- Richard Taylor.

London Towers ended a run of three Budweiser League defeats at Wembley last night, but lived dangerously before beating Leicester City Riders 80-73 to open a two-point lead at the top of the table. Defeats against Newcastle Eagles, twice, and Sheffield Sharks had let Birmingham Bullets and Greater London Leopards catch Towers. In last night’s fourth quarter, National Cup finalists Leicester held Towers to just three points as they recovered from 11 points down to trail 72-71 with 65 seconds to play. A sell-out 80,000 crowd, a record for a match in France, packed into the new stadium which is situated in a Paris suburb.. Robinson struck from the edge of the area in the 71st minute after pouncing on a mistake Kofi Nyamah.Second-half goals by Fabrizio Ravanelli, Alessandro Del Piero and Roberto Di Matteo gave Italy a 3-0 victory over Slovakia in a friendly match in Catania, Sicily, yesterday.The Italians picked up after the interval following a first half marked by missed chances, poor midfield play and a slow rhythm.Zinedine Zidane gave France victory over Spain last night in a friendly that marked the inauguration of the Stade de France, which will host the World Cup final in July. Perez, the goalkeeper, made a mess of a 32nd-minute clearance, kicking the ball straight to Darren Eadie, who lofted a shot into an unguarded net from 35 yards to open the scoring. The contest was settled just past the hour when Craddock, under pressure to clear an cross by Erik Fuglestad, turned the ball into his own net from close range with his knee.
Those two acts of Sunderland generosity were enough to give Norwich a second successive home win against high flyers – they beat Nottingham Forest 11 days ago – and the double over a side they also beat in August.

Lee Clark pulled a goal back late on with a 25-yard drive.The Swindon defender Mark Robinson scored his first goal of the season to give his side their first victory in nine matches, 1-0 over Stoke, and hand Chris Kamara a losing debut as Stoke’s manager. Blunders by Lionel Perez and Jody Craddock saw Sunderland’s 16- game unbeaten run in the First Division One come to an end with a 2-1 defeat against Norwich at Carrow Road last night. “I would have hoped we would go on to play with some conviction and pride. If we had done that, we would have won the game comfortably.”Manchester City (3-4-1-2) Wright; Brightwell, Symons, Shelia; Edghill, Whitley, M Brown, Russell (Van Blerk, 65); Rosler (Bradbury, 75); Dickov (Crooks, 75), KinkladzeCharlton Athletic (4-4-2): Salmon (S Jones, h-t); S Brown, Rufus, Chapple, Bowen; Newton (Barness, 41), Kinsella, K Jones, Holmes; Allen, Bright, Substitute not used: Balmer.Referee: P Richards (Preston).. In fact, they had just managed their first shot on goal of the second half when the player responsible, Murtaz Shelia, was sent off for a tackle adjudged his second bookable offence.From then on, it was a roller coaster. City actually moved up a place on the strength of this draw, but if they cannot win at home when they are presented with so many advantages the general trend is down.“We got a dream start,” said their manager, Frank Clark.

Two talismanic Five Nations figures, Jeremy Guscott of England and Rob Wainwright of Scotland, received uncomfortable reminders of their sporting mortality yesterday. Are the two thirty-something Lions suddenly surplus to requirements, or are their respective national coaches playing mind games? Chris Hewett reports.
It could hardly be described as the afternoon of the long knives, but Jeremy Guscott and Rob Wainwright must have felt wounded by the stiletto- sharp comments aimed at them yesterday. While Clive Woodward, the England coach, was insisting that Guscott needed a “huge game” in Saturday’s Heineken Cup final to stand even the remotest chance of starting the Five Nations’ Championship in Paris next week, Rob Wainwright was having his hitherto rock-solid captaincy credentials questioned by a thoroughly grumpy panel of Scottish selectors.It is still perfectly possible that Guscott will feature in the England midfield when the 1998 version of Le Crunch takes place at the brand spanking new Stade de France. Moreover, it remains almost inconceivable that Wainwright will not be named in Scotland’s back row for the parallel Five Nations game with Ireland in Dublin.For all that, yesterday was a chastening 24 hours for both elder statesmen.