ON Thursday, Nicola Currie was successful in her appeal against a 10-day ban handed down by the Lingfield stewards for her ride on Tojosimbre in a two-mile handicap at the track just over a week earlier. Currie finished fourth aboard the Richard Hughes-trained runner after meeting trouble in running a crucial stage.

There was widespread surprise that the ride, while showing some tactical naivety, should be punished with a ban given how many similar incidences there are on an almost daily basis, with the unfortunate Currie caught behind weakening rivals when making her initial move towards the inside of the track, a manoeuvre which saves ground, but always runs the risk of trouble in running.