Top jockey Christophe Soumillon has apologised to Rossa Ryan for elbowing him out of the saddle during a race in France earlier this year.
The extraordinary clash for which Soumillon was given a 60-day ban and subsequently cost him his job as the Aga Khan’s retained rider made worldwide headlines.
The pair were competing in a race at Saint-Cloud last September when Soumillon, the ten-time champion of France, used his elbow to unship Ryan off his horse and onto the ground. Ryan was lucky to walk away unscathed.
