O’Neill hit with lengthy ban

Dane O’Neill has been suspended for 15 days, three of which have been deferred, at a hearing of the British Horseracing Authority's disciplinary panel.

The Flat jockey had to face an inquiry under the totting-up procedure following his riding of third-placed Hermione’s Magic in the St Nicholas Hospice Care Fillies’ Handicap Stakes at Newmarket on May 14.