BHA appeals panel judged that jockey Jamie Powell struck horse nine times rather than 10
Alphonse Le Grande ridden by Jamie Powell coming home to win the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
Under controversial rules brought in by the BHA a year ago, 10 strikes or more results in a horse being disqualified for races of certain value. Just two previous disqualifications had occurred under regulations designed to deter misuse of the whip. If that was a bitter pill to swallow for those who backed the 7-1 shot Manxman on the day, his connections were left to rue another twist to the tale after an appeal by Alphonse Le Grande’s connections this week proved successful.
“Whilst his arm and hand were in the same angle as the previous strikes, the change in body position and the different stride of the horse had the effect of changing the angle of the strike. “We do find this is a fact-sensitive question and specifically on the facts of this case we find the contact was made in circumstances where Mr Powell was retrieving his stick from the wrong side of the horse, and it was effectively an unavoidable contact which could not have had any material impact on the performance of the horse.”
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