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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Vincent Whelan

Irish jockey Neil Callan given 12-day ban for riding a finish a circuit too soon

Irish jockey Neil Callan has had to take his medicine after being banned for 12 days for making a foolish error at Kempton.

He mistakenly thought he was approaching the winning post onboard 50-1 shot Ballet Blanc, not realising he had one more circuit to go.

After easing his horse down, believing he had won comfortably on the longshot, he then realised his error when he looked around and saw his nine weighing room colleagues taking their horses out for another lap of the Surrey track.

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