Festive bans for top trio

Falling foul of the stewards is usually met with huge disappointment by offending jockeys – yet Paul Mulrennan, Dale Gibson and Hayley Turner are unlikely to be too upset following their respective brushes with authority at Southwell.

The trio were all found guilty of improper riding for using the whip with excessive frequency, but the punishment dished out to the first pair amounts to little more than an extended Christmas break.