Overview
- Stewards issued a 21-day suspension after a Thursday inquiry at Southwell.
- Beelzebub was kicked near the start and the racecourse vet withdrew the horse for lameness.
- The panel said Loughnane rode the horse back from the start against the vet’s instructions.
- Under racing rules, course vets can pull a horse on welfare grounds and stewards enforce those orders.
- The ban runs April 9 to 30 and will sideline the 2025 record-breaking winner from the Craven and Greenham meetings.