Apprentice jockey Jade Metcalfe handed big ban after taking off a lap early in race at Kilcoy

An apprentice jockey is set for an extended period on the sidelines after going for home a lap early and was beaten by more than 20 lengths.

Queensland stewards have slapped an apprentice with a huge ban after she misjudged the length of a race and went for home on her horse a lap early at Kilcoy on Thursday.

Three-kilogram claimer Jade Metcalfe took off on $6 chance Bean All Ova rounding the home turn on the first lap of the Benchmark 58 Handicap over 1900m and pulled the whip before veering wide after the winning post thinking the race was over.

After admitting to her mistake to stewards, Metcalfe was suspended for five weeks.

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The 1900m start at Kilcoy is near the 800m start, which is also used at Kilcoy.

Racing Queensland apprentice mentor and former worldwide Group 1 winner Robbie Fradd assisted Metcalfe in the stewards inquiry on Thursday and said it was an uncharacteristic mistake from Metcalfe, who was emotional after the race.

“She is a girl that does her form, it was an honest mistake,” Fradd told Racenet.

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Jade Metcalfe went for home aboard Bean All Oval on the first lap of a 1900m race at Kilcoy on Thursday.

“She has dealt with it and will let it go, she is good with things like that.

“I was happy with the way she handled herself in the room, she walked in there straight away knowing she had a brain fade.”

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After crossing the winning post in front the first time around, Bean All Ova went on to finish last, beaten more than 20 lengths.

“Metcalfe pleaded guilty to AR129(2) in that she failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures to ensure her horse obtained the best possible place in the field in that she fully pressured the mare down the home straight on the first occasion after misjudging the distance of the event,” the stewards report reads.

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“The licence of apprentice Metcalfe to ride in races was suspended for a period of 5 weeks to commence midnight 19th October up to and including midnight 23rd November 2024.”

Fellow Queensland jockey Anthony Allen made the same mistake at Beaudesert in October 2018, and was suspended for six weeks.

Originally published as Apprentice jockey Jade Metcalfe handed big ban after taking off a lap early in race at Kilcoy