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Sunday, July 08 2018

Chris Parnham has been banned for 20 meetings after being found guilty of reckless riding in the Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington.

Parnham told stewards his outward movement on Goldifox in the straight, which resulted in jockey Damian Lane almost being dislodged from Inkslinger, was careless.

"I can't understand reckless," Parnham said. "It was a bad move and a move that was a bit of a brain fade, but I just don't agree with reckless."

Chief steward Terry Bailey, in his final city meeting before he leaves for Singapore, told Parnham his actions almost had severe consequences.

"It's unfortunate but we nearly had one on the ground through your actions," Bailey said.

Meanwhile, Sydney jockey

Corey Brown will leave for an overseas holiday and international riding engagement off a winning treble at Randwick and a careless riding suspension.

For the second city meeting in a row premiership leader Brenton Avdulla has come up empty.

The TAB has already paid out on Avdulla to win the title and with six meetings left for the season he maintains a 13-win lead over Blake Shinn, who had a double yesterday.

After being beaten by Hugh Bowman in the final month last season, Avdulla is not talking about the premiership.

Brown's wins at Randwick came on two-year-old Helaku for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, Ombudsman for the Chris Waller stable and the Clare Cunningham-trained Just Shine.

But his ride on unplaced Bombarding in an 1100-metre sprint earned him a ban from July 12 to 25 for shifting in and inconveniencing another runner.

Brown, winner of the Melbourne Cup on Rekindling, is scheduled to ride for the Rest of the World in the Shergar Cup teams event next month at Ascot in England.

"I'm riding at Grafton on Wednesday for Kris Lees and then the following Monday we are going to Europe for a holiday before I ride in the Shergar Cup on the 11th of August," Brown said.

Just Shine was a three-quarter length winner of the Wallaby Cup after responding to Brown's riding in the straight.

"He really picked up when I asked him and went to the line well," Brown said. "It couldn't have gone any better in the run. We got out at the right time and he won as he liked. He's a promising stayer."

Cunningham and her partner, jockey Jason Collett, are in Darwin for a short holiday, with her sister Sarah looking after Just Shine.

"He is a nice, improving, progressive type," she said.

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