Hughes hit by seven-day ban

Richard Hughes‘ hopes of winning his first jockeys‘ championship received a severe blow when he was handed a seven-day ban by the Yarmouth stewards for deliberately trying to hit Shane Kelly or his mount with his whip.

Hughes has been suspended for seven days (September 28-October 4 inclusive) following division two of the Robert Levitt 10 Years In Practice Maiden Handicap in which he rode Copperfields Lass with Kelly on Look Away Now.