Billy Loughnane’s bid to become champion jockey hit by 21-day ban

20-year-old suspended for improper riding at Southwell Loughnane to appeal against verdict and penalty Billy Loughnane, who will be Britain’s youngest champion jockey on the Flat since Frank Wootton in 1909 if he takes the title this season, has lodged an appeal against a 21-day ban imposed by the stewards at Southwell for riding a horse back to the unsaddling enclosure after it had been scratched from a race on vets’ orders. Loughnane’s mount, Beelzebub, was kicked at the start before the fin