Mernagh victory whips up a storm

Trainer Richard Fahey and his stable jockey Paul Hanagan lost out for the second time in a week in controversial circumstances when Inch Perfect’s two-length defeat at the hands of Mr Gisby was confirmed following a lengthy stewards’ inquiry at Southwell.

In the Bet Direct On Sky Text Page 371 Handicap Hanagan brought Inch Perfect to challenge Mr Gisby in the straight, but as the former ranged alongside he seemed to falter and the film appeared to show that he had been struck three times on his head by Mr Gisby’s rider Dean Mernagh’s whip.