Jockey Sam Weatherley on Sweet Molly Malone at Ellerslie Race Course, Auckland on 11 July, 2020. Photo: Andrew Cornaga / Photosport
Racing authorities have suspended a jockey for causing events that led to the death of another rider.
The Adjudicative Committee of the Racing Integrity Board found Sam Weatherley guilty of reckless riding in a race at Cambridge on 3 August.
The board has now decided to suspend his licence to ride for nine weeks.
It said Weatherley's actions initiated a series of events that led to the fall, and subsequent death, of jockey Taiki Yanagida.
Weatherly had defended the charge of reckless riding.
The committee said it would soon issue a detailed written decision.
Taiki Yanagida riding Bellatrix Black at Ellerslie Racecourse, Auckland, on 5 March, 2022. Photo: Alan Lee / Photosport
