The nine-year-old runs in the Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal
John 'Shark' Hanlon says "hopes are high" for Hewick ahead of his run in the Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal this weekend.
Speaking exclusively to official stable partner, BoyleSports, Hanlon said: “Hewick was brilliant last season, and our hopes are high that he’s ready to do himself justice at Down Royal on Saturday. Hanlon was last month partially successful in an appeal against the severity of his recent suspension, seeing it reduced from 10 months to six, with the possibility it could be further reduced to three months.
A member of the public videoed the incident and it was widely circulated on social media, which attracted further media attention and led to the IHRB bringing charges against Hanlon, saying the conduct “attracted significant public opprobrium and adverse comment” both for the trainer personally and racing in general.
The second criticism by the trainer was the length of the suspension, given in his view it had failed to take into account the differences between this and similar other cases, namely those of trainer Gordon Elliott and jockey Rob James, banned for 12 months each with six and eight months suspended respectively.
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