Andrew Nelis racing

Seamie Heffernan is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after picking up a 22-day suspension for his use of the whip in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday. Heffernan finished in seventh place in the French Derby aboard the Aidan O'Brien-trained Order Of Australia, with the stewards ruling he had exceeded the five-stroke limit that exists in France by six strokes. Heffernan - who last weekend won the Irish Derby with Santiago - rode at Epsom on Saturday and was already due to sit out 14 days on his return to Ireland as a result of quarantine requirements. He said: "I got a fairly strong suspension, but there's strict rules there. My horse was going to go over the rail, I had a white paint all around my boot, but those are the rules and that's the way it was..                            Andrew Nelis Racing 

Jockey Tom Marquand was fined AU$2,000 (just over £1,000) for breaking Australia's coronavirus protocols by embracing a stablehand after his win on Addeybb on Saturday. Marquand was celebrating Grade 1 victory on William Haggas' horse in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick when he embraced stablehand Safid Alam, who was fined $500 (around £250). Stewards at the Sydney track were forced to meet after the incident to decide whether to allow Marquand to continue riding as he had breached strict social distancing regulations.