Lingfield 3.40 Avon Lady beat Zoowrah at Leicester the other week but the runner up may have been unlucky as the jockey appeared to miscount the number of times he had used the whip.
Stratford 4.20 Sybarite, a former bumper winner had some decent form over hurdles last season and has always been well regarded by his trainer. He should be able to get off the mark over fences here.
Nap of the day
Sybarite
From the archives
It is interesting to reflect that controversy surrounding whip bans is nothing new. Some years back AP McCoy was riding Pridwell in the Aintree Hurdle and just got up to pip Charlie Swan on the great Istabraq in a photo finish.
Racing Post readers voted it the ride of the season but the stewards were less impressed and handed McCoy a 4 day ban, later increased to 6 on appeal, for excessive use of the whip.
Turf trivia
Charlotte Brew made history in 1977 by becoming the first woman to ride in the Grand National riding her own horse Barony Fort. She did not quite complete the course but she did get as far as the third last fence.
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