The 27-year-old Irish jockey Ross Coakley complained this spring that he hadn’t done anything wrong after he was handed a 23-day suspension after his victory on the Iffezheim racecourse. He did. He had beaten the mare Dubawi Legend nine times over the course of the race – only five times were allowed. Four hits on the shoulder happened to him more or less by accident, he explained. Incidentally, the trophy that Iffezheim is traditionally about is called the “Golden Whip”. Of all things.
