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Cesarewitch result changed for second time to put whip rules back in spotlight

Alphonse Le Grande has race handed back on appealJockey Jamie Powell had been given 28-day suspension

Connections of Alphonse Le Grande have been successful in their appeal against his disqualification from first place in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket last month and he has been reinstated as the winner.

Apprentice jockey Jamie Powell was deemed to have used his whip 10 times in the closing stages, four more than the permitted allowance, and due to the value of the race the Whip Review Committee awarded the historic handicap to the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Manxman, who had been beaten by a nose.

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