Jockey Christophe Soumillon apologised for his actions after he elbowed a rival jockey, sending him tumbling to the ground at high speed during a race, resulting in a 60-day ban.
The Frenchman who was riding Syros in the Thomas Byron Stakes on Friday, made contact with Rossa Ryan on Captain Wierzba midway through the race knocking his rival from his horse. Luckily Ryan was able to walk away from the course and back to the medical tent to receive attention.
Following the incident at Saint-Cloud, the France Galop stewards came down hard on Soumillon giving him a 60-day ban which will see him out for the remainder of the flat racing season.
