18-day ban

Jockey Callum Shepherd has won his appeal against the Kempton stewards that imposed an 18-day ban last month. Aboard Thorntonledale Max (GB) (Cityscape {GB}) in a handicap, Shepherd was said to have failed "to take all reasonable and permissible measures on a horse which would have finished outright first" after rival Flavour Maker (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}) dead-heated with Shepherd's mount. Shepherd "completely refuted" the allegation at the time and a British Horseracing Authority (BHA) independent panel met to adjudicate the decision on Tuesday morning. Shepherd insisted that his mount had...