Rossa Ryan was banned for 28 days at Sandown after finishing second by a nose on Thunder Home (Night Of Thunder) on Thursday. The stewards ruled his ride was “failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures” on Thunder Home.Ryan, aboard Thunder Home, was attempting to lead pillar-to-post in the Martin Densham & Peter Deal Memorial British EBF Maiden Stakes. Thunder Home shook loose of his rivals two furlongs out and appeared to be home free. Ryan briefly stopped riding a few strides from the wire before resuming. However, Zero Error (Mehmas) and Jamie Spencer made rapid late progress to just take the winner's laurels by the minimum distance.Ryan's suspension will begin on August 6 and will extend through the Ebor meeting at York, as well as the G1 Prix Morny at Deauville. He was expected to be aboard the unbeaten Orthodox (Havana Grey) for Clive Cox in France.The stewards' report read: “Rossa Ryan, the rider of Thunder Home, had appeared stop riding on the run to the line before recommencing his ride in the final strides to finish second, beaten by a nose.{"poll":{"id":"4","name":"TDN Market: Rossa Ryan","template":"1","template_base":"classic","skin_base":"","status":"published","meta_data":{"options":{"poll":{"status":"published","enableAutoRefresh":"no","redirectAfterVote":"no","redirectUrl":"","redirectAfter":"","notificationMessageLocation":"top","startDateOption":"now","startDateCustom":"","endDateOption":"never","endDateCustom":"","endDateDisplay":"no","endDateText":"","endDateCountdownText":"","showTotalVotes":"no","showTotalAnswers":"no","useCaptcha":"no","enableGdpr":"no","gdprSolution":"ask_consent","gdprConsentText":"","voteButtonLabel":"Vote","showResultsLink":"no","resultsLabelText":"Results"},"access":{"votePermissions":["guest"],"enableCustomVotingWeight":"no","votingWeights":[]},"results":{"showResultsMoment":["after-vote","before-vote"],"customDateResults":"","showResultsTo":["guest"],"resultsDetails":["votes-number","percentages"],"roundPercentage":"no","backToVoteOption":"no","backToVoteCaption":"","sortResults":"as-defined","sortResultsRule":"ascending","displayResultsAs":"bar"}},"style":{"poll":{"backgroundColor":"#ffffff","borderSize":0,"borderStyle":"none","borderColor":"#ffffff","borderRadius":8,"paddingLeftRight":10,"paddingTopBottom":10},"questions":{"paddingLeftRight":0,"paddingTopBottom":10,"textColor":"#000000","textSize":20,"textWeight":"normal","textAlign":"center"},"answers":{"paddingLeftRight":0,"paddingTopBottom":4,"textColor":"#000000","textSize":18,"textWeight":"normal"},"buttons":{"backgroundColor":"#ffffff","borderSize":1,"borderStyle":"solid","borderColor":"#000000","borderRadius":5,"paddingLeftRight":16,"paddingTopBottom":6,"textColor":"#000000","textSize":18,"textWeight":"normal","align":"center"},"errors":{"borderLeftColorForSuccess":"#008000","borderLeftColorForError":"#ff0000","borderLeftSize":10,"paddingTopBottom":0,"textColor":"#000000","textSize":14,"textWeight":"normal"},"captcha":[]}},"total_submits":"1","total_submited_answers":"1"},"elements":[{"id":"4","poll_id":"4","etext":"Did Rossa deserve this ban?","etype":"question-text","status":"active","sorder":"0","meta_data":{"makeRequired":"yes","allowMultipleAnswers":"no","allowOtherAnswers":"no","answersDisplay":"vertical","answersColumns":"2","answersAlign":"left","answersSort":"as-defined","multipleAnswersMinim":"","multipleAnswersMaxim":"","otherAnswersLabel":"Other","otherAnswersCount":1,"otherFieldType":"single-line","otherFieldSize":"small","otherMaxCharsAllowed":"0","addOtherAnswers":"no","displayOtherAnswersInResults":"no","resultsColorForOtherAnswers":"#058dc7"},"subelements":[{"id":"9","poll_id":"4","element_id":"4","stext":"Yes","stype":"text","status":"active","sorder":"0","meta_data":{"makeDefault":"0","makeLink":"0","link":"","resultsColor":"#058dc7"},"total_submits":"1"},{"id":"10","poll_id":"4","element_id":"4","stext":"No","stype":"text","status":"active","sorder":"1","meta_data":{"makeDefault":"0","makeLink":"0","link":"","resultsColor":"#ed561b"},"total_submits":"0"}]}],"total_submits":1,"messages":{"buttons":{"anonymous":"Anonymous Vote","wordpress":"Sign in with WordPress","facebook":"Sign in with Facebook","google":"Sign in with Google"},"voting":{"poll-ended":"This poll is no longer accepting votes","poll-not-started":"This poll is not accepting votes yet","already-voted-on-poll":"Thank you for your vote","invalid-poll":"Invalid Poll","no-answers-selected":"No answer selected","min-answers-required":"At least {min_answers_allowed} answer(s) required","max-answers-required":"A max of {max_answers_allowed} answer(s) accepted","no-answer-for-other":"No other answer entered","answer-for-other-too-long":"Answer for other is too long","no-value-for-custom-field":"{custom_field_name} is required","too-many-chars-for-custom-field":"Text for {custom_field_name} is too long","invalid-value-for-email":"Invalid Email","consent-not-checked":"You must agree to our terms and conditions","no-captcha-selected":"Captcha is required","not-allowed-by-ban":"Vote not allowed","not-allowed-by-block":"Vote not allowed","not-allowed-by-limit":"Vote not allowed","thank-you":"Thank you for your vote"},"results":{"single-vote":"vote","multiple-votes":"votes","single-answer":"answer","multiple-answers":"answers"},"captcha":{"accessibility-alt":"Sound icon","accessibility-title":"Accessibility option: listen to a question and answer it!","accessibility-description":"Type below the [STRONG]answer[\/STRONG] to what you hear. 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