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Horse jockey Christophe Soumillon was left apologizing after a seemingly-scumbag transfer throughout a race on Friday — showing to intentionally shove his opponent off his mount … inflicting him to tumble to the bottom.
The second occurred on the Saint-Cloud racecourse in France … when the Belgian star seemingly caught his elbow out to pressure Rossa Ryan to lose steadiness and abandon his horse.
Ryan landed harshly and took a number of tumbles earlier than coming to a halt … however fortunately, he was capable of arise and get off the monitor.
Very nasty. Rossa Ryan took a horrible fall mid-race after contact with Christophe Soumillon… pic.twitter.com/m0IqvCsC9F
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Soumillon was disqualified from the race and handed a two-month suspension for his actions … which has followers pissed, as many on social media have been calling for a lifetime ban.
Soumillon later apologized for the incident … saying he put his elbow out in hopes of constructing him conscious he wasn’t shifting towards the within of the monitor.
“Unfortunately, when I asked my horse to go there and to the right I pushed him for a stride or two and he fell off,” Soumillon defined.
“I’m terribly unhappy with what occurred” – Christophe Soumillon apologises for elbowing Rossa Ryan off his mount at Saint-Cloud earlier at the moment. pic.twitter.com/52OrMAMwTc
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“Straight away, I knew I made a mistake. I’m terribly sad with what happened because I hate seeing stuff like this.”
“It was not a nice act on my side, and I’m terribly sorry and I want to apologize for what I did today.”
Soumillon says he met with Ryan afterward … and he gave the impression to be okay.
The ban won’t go into impact till after this weekend’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, which is the richest race in Europe.
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