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A stark warning over the whip as riders fall foul of German inflexibility
I have never been to Baden-Baden but by all accounts it seems like a lovely place to visit. My colleague Scott Burton described it as "one of the most charming places in Europe to watch horseracing", and he and other visitors would presumably be keen to make a return journey.
However, in less of a hurry to retrace their steps might be jockeys Ross Coakley, Frankie Dettori and Tadhg O'Shea, all of whom left with hefty bans after falling foul of Germany's strict whip rules.
Dettori can have little complaints after exceeding the maximum number of strikes on Torquator Tasso, but Coakley and O'Shea both felt aggrieved about their suspensions of 23 and 14 days respectively.
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