ROYAL Ascot jockey Gary Carroll has been banned and fined – days after winning the biggest race of his life.
Carroll steered home 33-1 roughie Cercene in a shock finish to the Coronation Stakes last Friday.
Cercene was a brilliant winner of the Coronation Stakes – but the ride that got her there has seen jockey Gary Carroll banned and fined[/caption]
Carroll, left, was deemed to have gone two over the whip strike limit of six in his thrilling victory over runner-up Zarigana[/caption]
Trainer Joseph Murphy said the unlikely victory – worth just shy of £500,000 – was the culmination of his life’s work and there were emotional scenes in the winner’s enclosure afterwards.
But the superstar filly will need a new jockey for her intended run in the Irish Oaks next month after Carroll was hit with a big ban.
He has been whacked with a two-week suspension and fined £5,800 for using his whip twice above the limit of six in the mile race.
In any other race Carroll would have banned for just seven days.
But his punishment is doubled because the Coronation Stakes was a class one contest.
All in all it means he will be out from July 8 to 21 inclusive, with the Juddmonte Irish Oaks run two days before his ban finishes on July 19.
More to follow.
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