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Another rider faces a lifetime ban after knocking a rider off in the Ecuador Derby according to www.racingpost.com it also shows a video, but sorry I dont know how to transfer details. Click news and scroll to the Soumillon article and its underneath titled Ecuador. Happens 1minute 30 seconds in by jockey in 4th place.
 
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Saw the video on the news and it was clearly very deliberate, you see him shifting to elbow the other jockey, who had no way to stop himself falling. They were going at a fair clip, poor bloke came off ruddy hard. ?
 
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Velcrobum said:
Was not very impressed by the comments Ruby Walsh made in Soumillon's defence saying that was a legitimate racing act gone wrong.

https://www.racingpost.com/news/chr...re-and-christophe-did-not-get-it-right/581709

I hope France Galop increase the ban by quite a lot as it is in place for the quieter months of Flat racing.
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I've never been the biggest Ruby Walsh fan. He was a good jockey but not one I would put on a horse. I can't see how he can defend Soumillon's actions. It wasn't a racing manoeuvre gone wrong it was down right dangerous and intentional!

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What I dislike is that some of the quotes from him he's now saying/implying that is was Rossa's fault for 'falling off'.

That really makes me want his ban to be increased as he's obviously not really accepted that what he did was totally wrong and dangerous.
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He is trying to cover his own backside but everyone can see through it. The initial quotes from him said he knew he made contact. Those were retracted and reprinted as he had no idea that anything was wrong until he saw Rossa tumbling to the ground. He is not sorry. He is not remorseful. He is an arrogant sod. Hopefully no one will use him.

Sadly he couldn't be kicked off of his rides at the weekend as the only way to replace a jockey once declarations have been made is if the jockey is stood down on medical grounds, they stand themselves down or if the horse was usually ridden by another jockey in the race and the horse the other jockey chose to ride over it became a non-runner. You can't change at short notice which left some owners very upset at having to have him ride and publicly saying they didn't want him on their horse and that he should stand himself down so they can put someone else up.
 
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Someone who is really into racing told me that 60days is the maximum ban that can be given in France, if so a great pity. I hope BHA is taking a good hard look into their rules so that dangerous riding like that can instigate an instant ban!
 
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Soumillon seems to think giving the owners 7k out of his own pocket to cover the expenses the disqualified horse lost will paper things over. They lost more than 7k! They lost the black type ticket, the race result next to the horses name, the PRIDE of telling everyone their horse was 2nd in a good race. And that's before you get to the stud who owns the mare. She won't have that bit of black type next to her offspring the next time one is sold!

If I were him I would tuck my head down and try not to get myself noticed anymore until the ban is over.
 
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I felt, legally speaking, by giving a bit of blood money he’s left himself wide open to be sued.
Wish someone would!
 
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Elf On A Shelf said:
Soumillon seems to think giving the owners 7k out of his own pocket to cover the expenses the disqualified horse lost will paper things over. They lost more than 7k! They lost the black type ticket, the race result next to the horses name, the PRIDE of telling everyone their horse was 2nd in a good race. And that's before you get to the stud who owns the mare. She won't have that bit of black type next to her offspring the next time one is sold!

If I were him I would tuck my head down and try not to get myself noticed anymore until the ban is over.
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https://www.racingpost.com/news/lat...nterfered-horse-after-rossa-ryan-elbow/583813

Just loose change for him. I wonder how much he pocketed over the course of The Arc meeting?
 
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