Whip Rule Breaches

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy has received a 15-day ban for repeated breaches of the whip rules. Murphy, who secured his fifth title at the formal conclusion of the championship at Ascot last month, was referred to the British Horseracing Authority's judicial panel for a fast-track hearing after using his whip once above the permitted level on Gladius at Newmarket on October 11. He was given a 15-day ban, five days of which are suspended for six months or 200 rides, with one day to be spent receiving coaching on his...