Apprentice jockey Darragh Keenan failed to ask a race favourite for its effort in time, a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel ruled.
The 20-year-old's mount Rohaan finished second at Lingfield, beaten by a length-and-three-quarters at the line. After the 6f handicap on January 2, racecourse stewards at the course suspended Keenan for 14 days for a "serious misjudgement" in the saddle.
Panel members, deciding the case over Zoom on Thursday, found he had asked for Rohaan's effort too late, but reduced the ban to ten days.
Finding Keenan in breach of racing's Rule (F) 37, chairman William Morris QC said: "We don't see any very good reason to depart from the entry point (of suspension). "We think it was a serious misjudgement but
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