A top jockey isn't getting any sympathy from irate punters after being banned from racing for riding to the wrong winning post at Sandown.
Ben Bromley was leading Saturday's £25,000 hurdle race aboard 4-1 shot Call Me Lord, and looked set to hold off Dolphin Square in a close finish. Problem was, Bromley thought the job was already done, and sat upright in celebration as his horse slowed up.
But there are two winning lines at Sandown, one for the hurdles track and one for the chase track, and by time Bromley had realised his schoolboy error it was already too late. Instead, it was the 18-1 outshot who was in front by a nose at the correct finishing point, leaving the runner-up red faced.
