Premium Content Central Queensland jockey Chris McIver has successfully had a 12-month disqualification overturned. In February, McIver was banned for misconduct by the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission after he kicked a horse at the barriers before a race in Rockhampton in January. QRIC stewards found McIver guilty of misconduct after he twice forcibly stomped on the hindquarter of his mount Or Else. Jockey Chris McIver at the Past Brothers Junior Rugby League race day in 2014. Photo Luka Kauzlaric/The Observer. But McIver appealed the decision and was successful, as part of the QRIC internal review process, in having it set aside.