Jimmy Fortune will not be referred to Portman Square under the "totting-up" procedure, it has been confirmed.
The jockey was handed a five-day ban for irresponsible riding of a major nature at Newmarket on Sunday and will now be on the sidelines for the entire Royal Ascot meeting.
However, under the Rules, Fortune should have been referred to Portman Square for his latest misdemeanour under the "totting up" procedure as he had already passed the 15-day trigger point.
The stewards were unaware that Fortune had been banned for four days at Epsom last Friday, although news of the suspension should have been forwarded from Epsom through a computer system to the stewards' secretaries at Newmarket.
The Jockey Club were quick to absolve the stewards on duty on Sunday of blame for the embarrassing incident.
The Jockey Club's Director of Regulation Malcolm Wallace said: "I would like to make it quite clear that it was no fault of the racecourse stewards on duty at Newmarket that Jimmy Fortune was not referred to the Disciplinary Committee on Sunday.
"The correct and up to date information needed in order for them to have made the referral was not available when the racecourse inquiry took place.
"Due to a technical malfunction, the details regarding Jimmy Fortune's suspension following the Coronation Cup, despite being transmitted to Weatherbys, were not forwarded to the stewards' secretaries on duty at Newmarket."
The latest mistake comes just two months after a similar episode when Darryll Holland committed a riding offence at Hamilton.
And the Jockey Club have acted to put a 'safety net' in place to avoid any repetition while the system is looked at.
"We have requested a written explanation from Weatherbys so that we may identify precisely where and why the mistake occurred," Wallace added.
"In the meantime, the stewards' secretaries will, in conjunction with the current computerised system, revert to the previous manual system whereby every suspension is faxed to all stewards' secretaries."
Fortune found himself in trouble on Sunday when L'Arita badly hampered Cultured Pearl at the two-furlong pole in the EBF Fillies' Handicap.
His mount went on to finish second but was disqualified and placed last.
Fortune's agent Tony Hind confirmed that the jockey would not be contesting either of the bans.
"There will be no appeals," he said.
Fortune was suspended for four days (June 18th-21st) by the Epsom stewards for careless riding when Border Arrow interfered with Fantastic Light in the Vodafone Coronation Cup.
His second ban runs from June 22nd-26th inclusive, meaning he will be on the sidelines for a total of nine racing days.
Fortune will be referred to the disciplinary committee if he is found in breach of the interference rule (Rule 153) between now and August 29th.
In that event the Jockey Club would take into account the fact that the matter should have been dealt with after Newmarket
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