Christophe Soumillon loses Royal Ascot appeal but has sentence cut

Christophe Soumillon loses Royal Ascot appeal but has sentence cut

The BHA’s independent judicial panel ruled the jockey had broken the rules in the St James’s Palace Stakes but could not be satisfied he did it to deliberately help Gstaad

Christophe Soumillon Has Royal Ascot Ban Reduced To Five Days On Appeal

Christophe Soumillon has had the eight-day suspension handed out by the Royal Ascot stewards following his ride on Puerto Rico in the St James's Palace Stakes reduced to five days on appeal. An independent disciplinary panel chaired by Clement Goldstone KC and including Aidan Coleman and Grace Cheng sat last week and reconvened for final submissions and deliberations on Thursday morning. The Belgian was riding one of two Aidan O'Brien-trained ru…