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Racing Victoria stewards have suspended jockey Niklta Beriman for three months after completing an inquiry into her ride on Shadow Land at Warrnambool on November 4.
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The inquiry was opened after Shadow Land finished last in the Warrnambool Mazda 6 Maiden Plate (1400m).
Beriman was found guilty by stewards of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race to ensure her horse was given full opportunity to win or obtain the best possible place in the field.
They found that from near the 250m to the 50m she failed to make sufficient effort to improve her position between Napoleonic (Lincoln Coffey) and Egyptian Waltz (Neville Wilson) when in the opinion of the stewards she had the opportunity to do so.
Beriman's licence was suspended for a period of three months commencing at midnight tonight and expiring at midnight on February 9, 2011.
