Jockey Nash Rawiller handed fine and suspension for breaking whip rules
A jockey competing in The Everest was handed a massive fine for breaking whip rules, the sixth time he’d been charged in 12 months.
Champion jockey Nash Rawiller copped a suspension and $20,000 fine for breaking the whip rules aboard third placegetter Eduardo in the $15 million The Everest at Randwick on Saturday.
Rawiller told stewards he was “shocked” he’d struck his mount on nine occasions, four more than permitted, prior to the final 100 metres of the race.
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“He’s not a horse I really punish,” Rawiller told stewards. “He’s a confidence horse.
“I try more to persuade him rather than overdo things.
“I just feel he hit that big a flat spot over say 100 metres and I hit every second or third stride and I obviously used up my (strikes) before the 100.
“I normally would have just given him two or three.
“I don’t even think it was a heat of the moment. I was trying to build my momentum and it was more a horsemanship thing than anything.
“I’m actually shocked I hit him that many times.”
Rawiller pleaded guilty to the stewards charge and it’s the sixth time he’s been charged in New South Wales for whip breaches over the past 12 months.
He’s also been charged on another three occasions for whip breaches in Queensland over the past 12 months.
Stewards slapped Rawiller with a $20,000 fine and six metropolitan and provincial meeting suspension which commenced immediately, and he returns to the saddle on Friday, October 29.
Eduardo’s third placing resulted in Rawiller earning a riding percentage of $70,000.
Rawiller has rides on Private Eye in the Golden Eagle and Think It Over in the Rosehill Gold Cup at Rosehill on October 30.
The suspension cost him the ride aboard Forbidden Love in the $2 million The Invitation (1400m) at Randwick next week.
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