Twenty-one day ban rules Hills out of Guineas

RICHARD HILLS will miss the first two Classic races of the season and the major meetings at Chester, York and Goodwood after picking up a 21-day suspension at Newcastle yesterday.

Hills was found guilty of failing to ride out to the line on the John Dunlop-trained Buthaina, who dead-heated with Swift Alchemist in the Sponsor At Newcastle Median Auction Maiden Stakes.

Buthaina wore down the eventual third Jordans Elect in the closing stages, but Swift Alchemist, racing on the opposite side of the course, forced a share of first place.