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To put into perspective the weakness of the ban issued to Christophe Soumillon, to suspend a jockey for October and November is pretty much the equivalent of making a footballer serve a two-month ban in June and July.
Except to first allow Soumillon to ride in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is like allowing the miscreant footballer to play in the Champions League final before his suspension begins.
Think, too, that there is pretty much no act a footballer could commit that might kill or disable an opponent; whereas what Soumillon did to Rossa Ryan, by elbowing him off his mount, could have had far-reaching consequences for the Irish rider.
Rossa Ryan began to lose balance after being pushed by Christophe Soumillon mid-race
His fall was compared to 'jumping out of a car sunroof at 35mph' by a Sky commentator
A broken back if he had fallen more fatefully; a broken neck in the worst case scenario. Riders