SYDNEY - Nash Rawiller's spring carnival hopes were thrown into disarray yesterday when he was suspended for one month for failing to give a horse every chance in a race at Randwick.
Stewards found Rawiller guilty of not using all permissible measures to ensure Donna Intelligente, who finishedfourth, was given the chance to win or obtain the best possible placing in a 1600m race on August 11.
They told Rawiller he had cost her third place in the race won by La Silva.
Rawiller said he would now have to weigh up his options about an appeal, with the ban to be served concurrently with a careless riding suspension incurred at Rosehill last Saturday.
The new penalty extends his ban until September 26.
"I'm shattered," said Rawiller.
"I will miss out on all the leadup races and I'm a chance of getting on some pretty good horses.
"It makes it difficult to make a commitment for the future."
* Former New Zealand trainer Brian Jenkins is planning to return home for the Kelt Capital Stakes on October 6 with Dane Empire.
Jenkins, who won the 1998 Melbourne Cup with Jezabeel, relocated from Cambridge early last year to base himself at a new training complex at Bangholme, near Melbourne.
He trained 33 winners last year, about one-third of those at city meetings from 275 runners.
Dane Empire has been one of his better performers and on Saturday at Caulfield he brought up his sixth win in 18 starts in the Legacy Annual Appeal Handicap (2000m).
"We are hoping he can do a bit for us this spring," Jenkins said.
"A race like the Kelt would really suit him.
"It (Hastings) can be a real leader-biased track. That will suit him."
