Blake Shinn fails to have penalty reduced

Blake Shinn in happier times

Blake Shinn’s bid to ride at the new season’s first feature meeting has failed with the jockey unsuccessful in having a careless riding penalty reduced.

Shinn was outed at Rosehill last Saturday for careless riding on Invincible Knight who finished second to Pelethronius in a 1500m-handicap.

The Racing NSW Appeal Panel on Friday agreed with stewards the seven-meeting suspension was warranted and Shinn will return on August 6, the day after the Group Two Missile Stakes meeting.

The jockey has recently returned from a successful stint in the United Stakes where he rode 11 winners in five weeks at Chicago’s Arlington Park.

Credit: AAP

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