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Wayne Lordan Handed 10-Day Whip Ban, Will Miss St Leger and Irish Champions Weekend

The 10-day suspension for incorrect whip use sidelines Aidan O’Brien’s deputy for major September meetings.

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Overview

  • Lordan was suspended from September 9 to 18 and fined £1,250 by the BHA Whip Review Committee.
  • He was found to have used his whip in the incorrect place three times from one furlong out on Prestige Stakes winner Precise at Goodwood.
  • The dates rule him out of Doncaster’s St Leger on September 13 as well as Irish Champions Weekend fixtures at Leopardstown and the Curragh.
  • Further actions from the review included bans for Zak Wheatley (eight days), John Egan (four), Danny Tudhope (three) and Sean Levey (four), affecting parts of the St Leger meeting.
  • Kevin Stott was referred to the Judicial Panel after a reported fourth whip offence in six months aboard Nunthorpe runner-up Ain’t Nobody.