Connections of Davids Lad will appeal the 42-day ban imposed on the gelding by the Naas stewards on Sunday. Should it stand, the suspension would rule Davids Lad out of both the Cheltenham Festival and the Martell Cognac Grand National, for which he was the 14-1 second favourite in the ante-post market.
After the horse had trailed in last in the Paddy & Helen Cox Memorial Newlands Chase trainer Tony Martin was fined 1,000 euros for using the racecourse as a training ground and jockey Timmy Murphy banned for seven days for insufficient effort.
"I've spoken to the owners and we are going to appeal," Martin told theRacing Post.
