Saturday’s incident in the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks at Haydock when Rab Havlin received a five day suspension for his ride on the winner Free Wind has caused a storm with the majority of viewers of the race of the opinion that the stewards erred in their judgement and sanctioned the wrong rider.

I'm from Garristown in north county Dublin. I would have got involved in racing through my father Tommy O'Neill who was a trainer when I was growing up, and basically a jockey as well, so I was very much immersed in the horse industry. We always had horses in the yard at home, so I kind of learned to ride before I could walk! I started off with ponies before I progressed on to racehorses.