Hugh Bowman gets six weeks for Hot ‘N’ Hazy fall – Racenet

Racing NSW stewards pinned the major share of blame for last Saturday’s horrific Rosehill fall at the hands of champion jockey Hugh Bowman.
Bowman was found guilty of a careless riding charge laid against him by the stewards’ panel, headed up by acting chief steward Wade Birch when the inquiry resumed on Thursday.
Bowman was suspended for six weeks.
Birch told the hearing that Bowman “as the rider of Smart Image” last Saturday rode “in a careless manner” approaching the 300m mark where the in…

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