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Jockey Tom Marquand fined £1000 after victory hug breaks social distancing rules

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Racing jockey Tom Marquand has been fined £1000 after celebrating his Queen Elizabeth Stakes win by hugging a stablehand. Marquand rode Addeybb to victory on Saturday at Royal Randwick in Sydney before embracing stablehand Safid Alam.

Marquand had said: "What a tough, straightforward, genuine horse. An honour to ride a horse like that." But stewards at the Royal Randwick track met after the incident and issued Marquand a AU$2000 fine while Alam was fined $500 (around £250).

A statement from New South Wales Racing read: "Racing NSW Stewards today conducted an inquiry relative to a breach of the Racing NSW Covid-19 Protocols, subsequent to jockey Tom Marquand dismounting from his mount Addeybb after winning Race 8 (Longines Queen Elizabeth

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