ROYAL Ascot jockey Gary Carroll has been banned and fined – days after winning the biggest race of his life.
Carroll steered home 33-1 roughie Cercene in a shock finish to the Coronation Stakes last Friday.
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Trainer Joseph Murphy said the unlikely victory – worth just shy of £500,000 – was the culmination of his life’s work and there were emotional scenes in the winner’s enclosure afterwards.
But the superstar filly will need a new jockey for her intended run in the Irish Oaks next month after Carroll was hit with a big ban.
He has been whacked with a two-week suspension and fined £5,800 for using his whip twice above the limit of six in the mile race.
More to follow.
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