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Fletcher still has one day to finish 20 race day suspension

ByRomeo Minalane

Jun 8, 2023
Fletcher still has one day to finish 20 race day suspension

Jockey Samantha Fletcher. (jamaica-gleaner. com file image) Voice of JRC chairman Clovis Metcalfe Despite going back to the saddle on Sunday, jockey Samantha Fletcher still has a day’s suspension staying to finish her 20 day suspension by the Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC). Radio Jamaica Sports comprehends that Fletcher was given consent by the JRC to ride on Sunday which included the 2000 Guineas and was designated as an unique race day. A dependable source stated Fletcher just discovered of this advancement from her connections in Canada, who got a written action from the JRC, having actually acted on their efforts to have her flight because jurisdiction. A file seen by Radio Jamaica Sports just suggested to Fletcher that her suspension would have begun on March 18. JRC chairman Clovis Metcalfe is firmly insisting that Fletcher was encouraged of the unique days on which she would have been permitted to ride while the suspension was still in result. She will for that reason remain the race day of June 10 and totally go back to race riding on June 17. And on an editorial correction, Radio Jamaica Sports can report that Fletcher and her legal group will discover on June 22 whether she will be approved leave to obtain judicial evaluation in the Supreme Court concerning the JRC’s choice to suspend her for 20 race days. The matter is being dealt with by Justice Simone Wolfe-Reece, who had actually advised last month that both Fletcher’s lawyer and the JRC” s legal group appear face to face to provide their case which they did on Tuesday. Fletcher was suspended for breaching Rule 200 of the racing guidelines by not riding the horse Gone A Negril on its benefit on February 4.

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