Zac Spain is looking to build some spring momentum after a break and he's relying on his two Group 1 winners to help him at Saturday's PB Lawrence meeting.
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Jockey Zac Spain has been suspended for a month to take effect immediately after he failed a breath test at Warrnambool on Wednesday.
Spain was stood down immediately from his two rides on the second day of the three-day May Racing Carnival and will not be able to ride at the Thursday meeting after he recorded a reading above the limit set for riders of .02.
Spain had to be replaced by Madison Lloyd on Polanco in the Wangoom Handicap while Damien Thornton took over his ride aboard Exalted Crown in the ninth event.
It is understood that all jockeys that rode at Warrnambool on Wednesday were breath-tested before being permitted to take their mounts.
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Jockey Zac Spain has had a serious handling charge dismissed, with the Victorian Racing Tribunal ruling it was not comfortably satisfied the charge was made out.
The 24-year-old had been charged under AR 129(2) for his ride on Island Empress in Race 3 at Moe on November 19, when stewards alleged he failed to maintain his position behind the eventual winner To The Barricades and instead went back to the inside fence.
However, at the VRT hearing conducted before Judge John Bowman and Heidi Keighran on Wednesday, it was ruled that Spain had followed instructions by going close to the rails and riding for luck, which did not eventuate.