Wrong-course jockeys hit with 15-day bans

MISTAKING a rail at the start of the opening race at Huntingdon yesterday had dire consequences for eight riders as they picked up suspensions of 15 days.

The majority of the field headed on an incorrect path to the right of a short strip of fencing in the very early stages of the Cromwell Stand Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle and nearly all the offenders continued to the finish.

Star youngster Sam Twiston-Davies was one of those involved, along with Peterjon Carberry, Harry Challoner, Henry Brooke, Gemma Gracey-Davison, Matt Crawley, Matt O’Connor and Nathan Sweeney. They were all banned for 12 days (January 28 – February 8).