RSN927 THREE RIDERS SUSPENDED OVER DRUG USE April 5, 2021 7:59 am By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor Two track jockeys and a well-known Western Districts jockey were handed suspensions by Racing Victoria stewards on the weekend as the fallout from a random drug blitz continues. Track riders Nicole McKechnie and Selim Aqbal were suspended for six weeks and four months respectively after pleading guilty to drug offences at an inquiry concluded at the Warracknabeal races on Saturday. Samuel Payne was suspended for six months after pleading guilty to the same charge, The penalties followed a random drug blitz at Ballarat trackwork on March 15, where six riders, including Payne and another jockey, returned drug irregularities in urine samples.