LORD and Lady Lloyd-Webber are to fight the Longchamp stewards‘ controversial decision to take the Qatar Prix Vermeille away from their star filly Da Re Mi.
They remain upset the Yorkshire Oaks winner was demoted to fifth place in Sunday’s Group 1, having passed the post a short-neck in front of Stacelita, and will attempt to get the verdict overturned.
Dar Re Mi was stood down as she was found to have interfered with Soberania, causing the German challenger to lose fourth place in a manoeuvre which earned jockey Jimmy Fortune a two-day ban.
Lady Lloyd-Webber admitted to being ‚pissed off‘ at the time and though trainer John Gosden is at the sales in Keeneland, his wife Rachel Hood said: ‚There will be an appeal.
‚Lord Lloyd-Webber has instructed that there will be an appeal and we are ascertaining the procedure. It was a very shocking decision and it is very unfortunate – we are very disappointed to be put in this position.‘
