Jockeys face lengthy bans after Kempton farce

Apprentices Billy Cray, Paul Nolan and Ross Atkinson were all hit with double-figure bans for their part in a farcical opening race at Kempton.

With only four runners in the mile-and-a-half kempton.co.uk Apprentice Handicap, the field set off at a dawdle passing the post with a circuit to go before Josephine Bruning and Sol Rojo seized the initiative and quickly pulled 25 lengths clear.