SIS chairman, Geoff Lormer, said the decision had been reached for "strategic reasons". "We have been entirely satisfied with the performance of Chrysalis over four and a half years, but we are confident this is the right way ahead for SIS," he said.. Satellite Information Services is to set up its own wholly-owned television outside-broadcast operation to supply pictures from racecourses after the end of its Chrysalis contract in May 1997. I didn't feel that the stewards took into account the side-on film. "At the same time, we felt the chances of success were not worth Jason taking another day off from riding. He is having enough days off as it is."Mick Channon was fined pounds 750 by the Jockey Club's Disciplinary Committee yesterday for a passport mix up that prevented Bride's Reprisal, owned by the wife of Kevin Keegan, running at York in May.. Despite the success of Michael Hills, Jason Weaver has decided not to appeal against a seven-day ban imposed by the Beverley stewards on Monday for irresponsible riding. To say I should be banned from the Ryder Cup because I didn't play the British Open was asinine."Hoch said he did not play at Royal Lytham because "I'm not very good at links golf".The entry at Hilversum includes John Daly, Sam Torrance, Costantino Rocca, Howard Clark and David Gilford, plus the British Amateur champion, Warren Bladon..

Without going within 10 miles of a starting stall, two of Britain's leading jockeys yesterday added another significant achievement to their distinguished career records. For Michael Hills, it was the rare feat of persuading the Jockey Club that a riding ban imposed by local stewards was unduly harsh, and he will now be free to ride Pentire, the favourite, in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Walter Swinburn, meanwhile, learned that his painful struggle back to fitness after a near-fatal fall in Hong Kong five months ago is almost over, and that he will be free to return to race-riding on 11 August. Hills was the first to emerge from Portman Square in cheerful mood, having had the three-day ban for careless riding imposed by the Doncaster stewards eight days ago reduced by a single day. Weaver made his decision after consulting with his retained trainer, Mark Johnston "It was a very hard decision," Johnston said "As a matter of principle, I would have appealed. The ban runs from 31 July to 6 August, which means Weaver will miss the last four days of Glorious Goodwood next week.

"We can't really comment on what Walter will ride for us," Joe Mercer, Sheikh Maktoum's racing manager, said yesterday, "but we don't have a retainer any more and most of the jockeys that have been riding for us will stay on the horses. It's good news that he's got his licence back but we all thought it would be a lot of earlier than this."The leading players for Saturday's King George figure prominently in William Hill's unusually early list for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October, though the narrow favourite at this stage is Zagreb, the Irish Derby winner, at 6-1.KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES (Ascot, Saturday): Tote: 5-2 Pentire, Shaamit, 9-2 Classic Cliche, 7-1 Strategic Choice, 8-1 Oscar Schindler, 11-1 Farasan, 14-1 Luso, 16-1 Singspiel, 33-1 Song Of Tara, 50-1 Annus Mirabilis, 9-2 Swain (with a run).PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE (Longchamp, 6 October): William Hill: 6-1 Zagreb, 7-1 Helissio, 8-1 Riyadian, 10-1 Darazari, Shaamit, Swain, 12-1 Pentire, 20-1 Classic Cliche, Tarator, Valanour, 25-1 others.. With the Ebor meeting at York opening barely a week after his return, he will be keen to re-establish his long-standing associations with both Michael Stoute and Sheikh Maktoum al Maktoum.Yet Swinburn will not be an automatic choice, it seems. Sticking firmly to its guidelines concerning head injuries, the Committee will allow Swinburn to ride when precisely six months have elapsed since his fall."I am very pleased that I have been licensed after a long and trying time for myself and my family," Swinburn said.

"I accept the reasons for the delay and I have had a very fair hearing from the Jockey Club. To wait another three weeks will be hard but I have always wanted to get back. Riding is my life."Like a footballer returning from long lay-off, however, Swinburn may now find that he must struggle to regain his place in the first team. None the less, the fact that Swinburn is preparing to ride on our racecourses at all is a considerable testament to his resilience and determination, given the extent of the head, shoulder and rib injuries he received at Sha Tin in February.Several of Swinburn's target dates for a return have come and gone since then, but he has frequently ridden work on the Newmarket gallops in recent weeks and yesterday he persuaded Dr Michael Turner, the Jockey Club's chief medical adviser, and the other members of the Licensing Committee that he is almost ready to resume his career. Since he has two King George victories to his credit already, though, Roberts would surely not begrudge Hills the best chance he is ever likely to have to win one of Britain's most important championship races.Walter Swinburn won his first - and, to date, only - King George in 1981, when Michael Hills was barely out of his apprenticeship, but any chance to add to that total will not arrive until 1997 at least. It was careless riding at 8.30 at night after I had been in the car for nine hours, but it was not dangerous in any way. It was minor and I felt it deserved a minor penalty."One weighing-room colleague who might applaud the decision less heartily than most is Michael Roberts, who was booked to partner Pentire if Hills's appeal proved unsuccessful.