Heffernan back with a winner at Gowran
But jockey picks up four-day suspension for careless riding.
Seamie Heffernan was delighted to secure his first winner in well over a month after Laburnum led home a one-two for Aidan O’Brien in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes at Gowran Park. The leading rider not only had go into quarantine for 14 days after riding in the Derby at Epsom on July 4 and Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly the following day, but also served a 22-day suspension for his use of the whip aboard Order Of Australia in the French Classic. Having been out of luck on his first two rides since returning earlier in the day, Heffernan jumped on board Laburnum – a winner over the course and distance on her racecourse debut and the 4-5 favourite off the back of finishing fourth in last month’s Irish Oaks. Her stable companion Ennistymon was only eighth in the Curragh Classic, but had previously filled the runner-up spot in both the Oaks at Epsom and the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot – and was rated the main danger to Laburnum in the Listed feature as a 3-1 chance.Laburnum records a second victory and lands the Irish Stallion Farms @IrishEBF_ Hurry Harriet Stakes ridden by Seamie Heffernan for Aidan O’Brien ? pic.twitter.com/quUGzosjnN
— Gowran Park (@GowranPark1) August 12, 2020
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