Four Shergar Cup jockeys banned for a combined 32 days after breaching whip rules

Four jockeys involved in last Saturday's Shergar Cup have been banned for a combined 32 days by the whip review committee.

The standard of riders in the team-based competition at Ascot was criticised by Maureen Haggas, whose husband William trained Tenability to win the Shergar Cup Classic.

Dario di Tocco was a neck behind Tenability on Team Player, and the Italian champion jockey was one of four internationally based riders punished for breaking the whip rules. 

Di Tocco was banned for eight days for using his whip once above the permitted level of six, while Indian jockey Suraj Narredu received a four-day suspension for using his whip without giving his mount, Claymore, time to respond in the Shergar Cup Challenge.

Rest of the World pair, Hugh Bowman and Karis Teetan, also fell foul of the whip rules.

Bowman, who won the Silver Saddle for leading rider for the second time, was banned for 12 days for using his whip once above the permitted level, in the incorrect place and without giving his mount and eventual Shergar Cup Challenge runner-up La Pulga enough time to respond.

Bowman's teammate and the captain of the Rest of the World team, Teetan, was banned for eight days for using his whip once above the permitted level on the third-placed Venture Capital in the opening Shergar Cup Dash.

The combined length of the whip bans is double the total of 16 days that were shared between Tadgh O’Shea, Rachel King and Jose-Luis Borrego in last year's competition. 

Matthew Chadwick, who received a ten-day ban, was the only jockey to be sanctioned by the whip review committee in 2023 — the first time the Shergar Cup was staged after the whip rules were revised.

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