Leading rider suspended at Morphettville

Darryl Sherer - Sunday October 8

Stewards were kept busy at Morphettville on Saturday with a leading rider one of three jockeys suspended.

Dom Tourneur. Photo: Darryl Sherer

Dom Tourneur will miss four meetings after being found guilty of careless riding aboard Fully Stoked in race three, the Bazz's Bucks Show Handicap over 1250m, won by Street Embrace.

Stewards deemed Tourneur shifted out under riding approaching the 200m and tightened Force Of Three onto Set To Sparkle, causing Force Of Three to be checked.

Tourneur's suspension will commence at midnight on October 14 and expire at midnight on October 21.

In the same race apprentice Justin Huxtable pleaded guilty to shifting in near the 1000m on Street Embrace and crossing Force Of Three when insufficiently clear and was suspended for four meetings, to commence at midnight on October 15 and expire at midnight on October 22.

In the last race of the day apprentice Ashley Doyle was suspended for excessively checking the speed aboard Savanero and causing Mazurek to check and clip heels near the 1000m.

Doyle was suspended for three meetings to commence at midnight on October 15 and expire at midnight on October 21.

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