{"id":79953,"date":"2026-02-05T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=79953"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:03:05","slug":"philip-byrnes-cleared-redwood-queen-wexford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/philip-byrnes-cleared-redwood-queen-wexford\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Byrnes Cleared After Eight-Month Investigation Into Fall From Redwood Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philip Byrnes has been cleared of deliberately falling from race leader Redwood Queen during a hurdle meeting at Wexford on May 28 last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A referrals committee<\/a> of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has decided that Byrnes was unseated due to \u201cpoor horsemanship\u201d.<\/p>\n

Byrnes had won five of the previous nine races in which he had ridden the mare, so the dramatic nature of his surprise exit caused an outcry on social media.<\/p>\n

Redwood Queen was trained at the time by Charles Byrnes, the jockey\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

What Was The Controversy Over The Wexford Fall?<\/h2>\n

Redwood Queen\u2019s price had drifted alarmingly ahead of the 2m 1f Wexford Claiming Hurdle race, lurching from 13\/8 to 13\/2.<\/p>\n

At the same time Beacon Edge moved from around Evens to a 1\/3 hot favourite.<\/p>\n

Coming to the last, Redwood Queen had clean air ahead of Beacon Edge, who was running in second.<\/p>\n