Overview

• Gary Carroll received a 14-day ban and a £5,800 fine after using his whip twice above the permitted six strikes in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
• His suspension runs from July 8 to July 21, officially preventing him from riding 33-1 shot Cercene in the July 19 Irish Oaks at the Curragh.
• Cercene’s Coronation Stakes victory marked Carroll’s first Group 1 triumph and ended trainer Joe Murphy’s 50-year wait for a top-level win.
• Murphy plans to supplement Cercene for the Irish Oaks before targeting races such as the Nassau Stakes, the Matron Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup.
• The ruling highlights the British Horseracing Authority’s strict enforcement of whip regulations, doubling penalties for breaches in Class 1 races.