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Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon accepted he had made a mistake when he was hit with a 12-day ban for careless riding after his euphoric celebration at winning the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Vadeni almost caused fourth-placed Lord North to be brought down a few strides after the line.
Soumillon had been at his best as he harnessed the 11-4 shot’s devastating turn of foot to become the first French-trained Eclipse winner since 1960 with a win by a neck from Mishriff.
But as the 41-year-old fist-pumped with joy leaving only one hand on the reins, he allowed Vadeni to drift into third-placed Native Trail, who in turn bumped into Lord North.
Jockey Christophe Soumillon celebrates winning the Coral-Eclipse Stakes on board Vadeni
The 10-time French champion jockey said: ‘I made a little mistake, you have to be more careful. My job is to go from point A to point B as fast as possible and unfortunately after point B, I wasn’t good today.
‘I exploded like maybe I have never exploded before after the line. That is one more lesson in my life. Next time I will have to
