David Bridgwater fined for Ludlow remarks

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.

Launchbury, 16, was suspended after nearly taking the wrong course on Bally Sands at the final fence of a ’hands and heels’ handicap, when looking set to win. Realising his error, he corrected his path just in time.

Fellow amateur Page Fuller was given 10 days by the stewards having initially gone the same way on Petit Ecuyer before jumping the fence.