Hugh Bowman will appeal two careless riding bans which will keep him off Winx’s back in her return in the Apollo Stakes.
The jockey has lodged an appeal against penalty for a careless riding suspension from Friday’s Warwick Farm meeting and if he can get that and another incurred the following day in New Zealand, reduced, he has a chance to ride the mare in the Apollo Stakes on February 17.
As it stands, Bowman’s Sydney suspension starts from Monday and ends on February 10 with New Zealand stewards outing him from the next day until February 22.