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1. 1. Racing: Rooster left facing Rigmarole

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 March 2004 ROOSTER Booster is a hot favourite to give the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival a great lift-off, as racing bids to regain its credability after a week of sordid headlines.

2. 2. Racing: Inquiry to focus on riding

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2004 OFFICIALS at the Jockey Club confirmed this morning that today's inquiry into Kieren Fallon's riding of Ballinger Ridge will concentrate solely on the riding offence which took place.

3. 3. Racing: Fallon suspended

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2004 CHAMPION& jockey Kieren Fallon was today given a 21-day suspension by the Jockey Club over his riding of Ballinger Ridge at Lingfield last Tuesday.

4. 4. Racing: Done wants cheats thrown out

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2004 KIEREN Fallon should be banned from horseracing 'sine die' if he is found guilty of throwing a race at Lingfield last week, according to Salford bookmaker Fred Done.

5. 5. Racing: Four new charges

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 March 2004 HORSERACING is reeling from one crisis to another, with the news that another jockey has followed Kieren Fallon by being hit with a 21-day ban, while a Lancaster trainer faces an inquiry that could end up with him losing his licence.

6. 6. Cycling: Wizards of Oz sign up for World Cup meeting

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 14 March 2004 AUSSIE duo Graeme Brown and Brett Lancaster are the latest stars to confirm their entries for Manchester's first cycling World Cup event.

7. 7. Jockey Club could suspend Fallon

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2004 THE Jockey Club was making a decision today on whether to suspend champion jockey Kieren Fallon for failing to win a race despite his horse having a huge lead.

8. 8. World Superbike: James the first

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 March 2004

   JAMES Toseland took an early lead in the World Superbike Championship standings with a first and second-place finish in Valencia – but admitted he was lucky to even finish the first race.

9. 9. Firebugs burn 150 pigeons alive

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 March 2004 MORE than 150 pigeons& died in an arson attack on allotments.The firebugs are believed to have torched a shed holding the pigeons at about 3am on Monday. Residents near the allotments in Reddish Vale, Stockport, called the fire service but the shed was destroyed by the time crews arrived.

10. 10. Speedway: Little Dane has big plans at Aces

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 March 2004 BELLE Vue's new Danish wonderkid Kenneth Bjerre looks barely big enough to control a highly-tuned 500cc, brakeless speedway bike.

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