Perth ban jockeys appeal

● Fox, Quinlan and Mulqueen seek to challenge stewards

Jockeys Sean Quinlan, Stephen Mulqueen and Derek Fox have appealed against the 10-day suspensions they each received after they failed to pull up during a voided threemile novice handicap chase at Perth on Monday.

Johnny Go fell at the first fence and ran loose before coming down on the run-in. He was being treated while the race was being run but had suffered a fatal injury.

“Stop-race” procedures were put into place by the racecourse executive while Johnny Go was being attended to behind screens near the finishing line, with the race subsequently declared void.

But Quinlan, rider of firstpast-the-post Red Giant, Fox aboard Miss Joeking – the only otherfinisher–andmulqueen, who was unseated from Here Comes Love after the final fence, appeared to ignore the “stop-race” flag waved to raise attention to the stricken hors.

Paul Struthers, chief executive of the Professional Jockeys Association, tweeted: “An appeal on behalf of Stephen Mulqueen, Sean Quinlan and Derek Fox against decision of the stewards at Perth has been submitted.”

The appeal will be heard on 21 September.

Meanwhile, Dubka, who failed to fire in the Ebor, goes in the DFS Park Hill Stakes, the highlight of day two of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster, and a step back up in class would not be beyond her.

Sir Michael Stoute’s charge looked potentially well treated in last month’s handicap feature at York, but the decision to sit on the heels of the early leaders resulted in Dubka just lacking a change of pace when it was really needed. Previously, she was beaten just a neck in the Lillie Langtry at Goodwood and was a length and a half behind Bateel at Haydock – form which has taken on an new dimension after Bateel’s Prix Vermeille success.

Dubka will have to be at the top of her game but the soft ground and Ryan Moore in the saddle bolster confidence.