Windsor win proves costly for Ahern

EDDIE AHERN will miss the second and third days of the Craven meeting at Newmarket next week after receiving a suspension for a whip offence when winning on Palamedes at Windsor yesterday.

Ahern was found to have used his whip with excessive frequency and down the shoulder in the forehand position on the 20-1 shot, who had beaten Sergeant Cecil by a short head in the Quality Heating Services Handicap. His ban is for April 16-17.

Jason Tate was also suspended for the same period having used his whip with excessive frequency on Yorker, fifth in the concluding HBLB windsor-racecourse.co.uk Handicap won by Bond Diamond.