{"id":99585,"date":"2023-10-03T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99585"},"modified":"2023-10-03T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:11:08","slug":"jockey-sparks-uproar-after-claiming-male-rivals-30-day-ban-is-totally-unfair-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/jockey-sparks-uproar-after-claiming-male-rivals-30-day-ban-is-totally-unfair-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Jockey sparks uproar after claiming male rival's 30-day ban is 'totally unfair' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

FURIOUS punters turned on a popular jockey after she claimed a rival's 30-day ban for an awful ride was 'totally unfair'.<\/p>\n

Stewards slapped Paco Lopez with a month-long suspension after he eased his horse Ridin With Biden down before the post.<\/p>\n

Missing out on second place cost connections just shy of \u00a316,000 and led to trainer Butch Reid saying he believed the hefty ban was 'justified'.<\/p>\n

But Chantal Sutherland – who was once named in the 'world's 100 most beautiful people' – copped a load of stick online after she stuck up for Lopez.<\/p>\n

Although the jockey himself opted not to appeal the ban, she insisted he should have because the horse's slow finish was not his fault.<\/p>\n

Officials at Parx racecourse in Philadelphia, US, said Lopez 'failed to give his best effort' on the horse in the Grade 3 Greenwood Cup.<\/p>\n

Punters agreed it was a shocking finish but Sutherland blasted the decision to ban the jockey.<\/p>\n

She wrote on X: "Totally unfair call! Paco\u2019s horse was hitting a wall hard for trying to chase the winner.<\/p>\n

"The horse was stopping fast and it wasn\u2019t Paco\u2019s fault. In my opinion it\u2019s dangerous to pursue on a horse tiring that fast, they could fall or take a bad step.<\/p>\n

"He should 1000 per cent appeal it."<\/p>\n

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Conditions at Parx were awful – the going was officially 'sloppy' – and Lopez hugged the waterlogged rail on Ridin With Biden.<\/p>\n

By giving his horse an easy time at the end Lopez – who was once punched three times in the face after a fellow jockey saw red – was pipped to second by 85-1 outsider My Imagination.<\/p>\n

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Sutherland said she was 'not sure' why Lopez stuck to the inside.<\/p>\n

She added: "Maybe the horse was lugging in with him from being so tired, but by doing that he made it even more physically taxing on the horse.<\/p>\n

"Possibly why he was stopping so bad and so tired."<\/p>\n

Punters weren't buying her reasoning though, with one hitting back: "Always been a fan, Chantal, but you\u2019re defending the indefensible."<\/p>\n

While another said: "Oh come on Chantal! Give me a break!"<\/p>\n

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