Buick To Appeal Riding Ban

William Buick will on Monday lodge an appeal against the five-day ban incurred at York last Friday. Buick was found guilty of 'careless riding' when winning aboard Alqamar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) at York and the ban in its current form will rule the jockey out of both days of the Investec Derby Festival at Epsom. The York stewards felt Buick had been slow to correct Alqamar when the horse interfered directly and indirectly with two other runners two furlongs from the finish. Had it been a four-day ban Buick would have been entitled to have the days altered so as not to coincide with a day of Group 1 racing action.