Saudi Cup: David Egan takes $100,000 prize-money hit after breaching whip rules on Mishriff
Mike Smith, heavily sanctioned after last year’s race for his use of the whip, also picked up another ban for causing interference on Charlatan.
Mike Smith, heavily sanctioned after last year’s race for his use of the whip, also picked up another ban for causing interference on Charlatan.
Mike Smith has lost his appeal against the lengthy ban and huge prize-money penalty he received on a costly trip to the Saudi Cup meeting.
Mike Smith has had his Saudi Cup ban stayed after lodging an appeal in Saudi Arabia against what he has calllled “the biggest penalty against a jockey in the history of horse racing”.