Benbow Suspended
- Thursday, 15 July 2010 22:52
Jason Benbow has been suspended for nine meetings after being found guilty of careless riding at the Geelong Synthetic on Thursday.
Benbow rode the Rod Symons-trained Bellatheball in the $15,000 GRC Function Centre Maiden Plate (1000m).
He finished second beaten 0.2 lengths aboard the four-year-old daughter of Bel Esprit however stewards found that in the final 100m of the race he permitted Bellatheball to shift in when not sufficiently clear of third placegetter I Mattah.
I Mattah was thereby tightened between the winner Carracci and Bellatheball resulting in rider Craig Robertson checking I Mattah off heels.
Robertson viewed footage of the concluding stages but decided against lodging a protest with the margin between second and third over a length.
Benbow will commence his suspension after Sunday’s meeting at Seymour and will return in time for Sandown Hillside’s meeting on July 28.
Picture: Fiona Tomlin
