Jockey banned for two months for elbowing rival off horse during race

[Still Waters]

Christophe Soumillon admits he made a "terrible mistake" after elbowing rival jockey Rossa Ryan out of the saddle, for which he has been banned from riding for two months.

In a dramatic incident during the Group Three Thomas Bryon Stakes at Saint-Cloud on Friday, Soumillon, riding 15/2 shot Syros, deliberately made contact with Ryan on Ralph Beckett's Captain Wierzba as the pair chased eventual winner Continuous.

Soumillon leaned across with his elbow and caught Ryan, causing the Irish rider to tumble to the ground and land on his head.

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