Rachael Blackmore has been suspended from action for five days and will have to forfeit her riding fee after she was found to have mistaken the winning post a circuit too early on Lady Rita at Kilbeggan on May 12th after an Irish Horseracing Board (IHRB) investigation.

Raceday stewards initially did not sanction the 33-year-old jockey and interviewed afterwards by raceday stewards, she had said Lady Rita had a tendency to run inconsistently and was running over a longer trip for the first time.

The IHRB announced their investigation the following day and have found she was in breach of Rule 212A(iv).

The rule states: “Any rider who fails to obtain their best possible placing as a result of negligent misjudgement (including a misjudgement of the winning post or the number of circuits, easing their mount without good reason or stopping riding) shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-rule.”