David Bridgwater has been fined £2,000 by the British Horseracing Authority over comments attributed to him in the wake of a 21-day ban for young rider Jake Launchbury at Ludlow earlier this month.

David Bridgwater was in the news for the right reasons at Plumpton yesterday when Bravo Riquet followed up a recent victory at the course in the TV Focus At timeform.com Handicap Chase.