Pat Cosgrave banned for 28 days after dramatically throwing away victory on 1-6 favourite
Jockey Pat Cosgrave has been banned for 28 days after throwing away victory on long odds-on favourite Concorde in the mile handicap when easing up in the final stages at Chelmsford on Thursday night.
The jockey had cruised into the lead in the final furlong on the George Boughey-trained 1-6 hotpot, who looked set for another impressive success having won on his handicap debut at Redcar on Monday.
A motionless Cosgrave looked over both shoulders in the final furlong before beginning to sharply ease his mount in the final stages, but had underestimated the proximity of the Brian Ellison-trained My Roxanne on his inside.
My Roxanne's rider Ben Robinson swooped on the inside rail and remarkably rallied to score by a nose. The winner returned at 8-1, while £12,000 was matched at 1.01 on Concorde on the Betfair Exchange.
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