Whip ban hampers Maguire's title pursuit
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Your support makes all the difference.Adrian Maguire's pursuit of the lead in the jump jockeys' championship race was checked yesterday when the stewards imposed a suspension for improper use of the whip.
The Fontwell stewards found Maguire guilty of committing the offence while he was riding Wild Strawberry, the odds-on favourite, in the fourth event.
The ban will last from 11-14 October, plus 17 October. Maguire is seventh in the current table for the jockeys' title, 33 wins behind the leader, Tony McCoy, who had a winner at Fontwell yesterday.
Jacqui Oliver was banned for four days (11-14 October) by the Fontwell stewards for using her whip with unreasonable frequency on Fairy Park, the 8-11 favourite in the first race.
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