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O'Brien suspended for two days

Tue 14th Jul 2009, 20:10

Apprentice jockey Joseph O'Brien was suspended for two days following his use of the whip on Francisco Goya in the Lixnaw Babrications Structural Steel Contractors Handicap at Killarney today.

The Stewards were of the opinion O'Brien "had used his whip with excessive force and frequency, having taking his recent record into account."

Jockeys Trainers Joseph O'Brien Aidan O'Brien

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