In rear, headway before 2 out, never near to challenge nudged out (an enquiry was held into the running and riding; rider and trainer were interviewed; vet examined the gelding, which was selected for routine testing on two occasions post-race and had nothing to report; having initially failed to report anything when passing scales post-race, jockey said Assistant several minutes after having been informed that he was required to attend an enquiry into the ride on the gelding, that gelding had made a respiratory noise during the race; jockey said his instructions were to ride gelding at the rear of the field, get him settled and creep into the race with the aim of making a late challenge as the gelding has not been seeing his races out; he continued that the gelding jumped and travelled well up until the third last fence, where it began to make the aforementioned noise; however, it was from this point on that gelding began to make both steady and eye-catching progress under sympathetic handling and jockey justified his apparent lack of effort, by reiterating the fact that the gelding is a weak finisher, and it was his intention to get there as late as possible for this reason, but on this occasion having jumped the last fence the gelding emptied out again; trainer said his instructions were to ride gelding with restraint and to get there late; having become aware of the respiratory noise trainer said that he was satisfied with the ride and that he would have the gelding seen by a vet regarding its respiratory issue; jockey was suspended for 14 days for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race, in that he had failed to ride his mount in such a way that he could be seen to ask for timely, real and substantial effort to obtain the best possible placing) (tchd 25/1)
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