Imagine the media storm had Laafi been disqualified for being hit too many times on the same afternoon Gold Dancer was ridden out with a broken back and just a day before the National.
I was one of the advocates of not disqualifying the horse but hitting the jockey and connections hard. For example you break the whip rules in a Class 2 as what happened here the jockey should not be allowed to ride in a Class 2 or above for 6 months. That might concentrate the mind!