Melham outed for Caulfield Guineas day

Unless he successfully appeals a suspension, Ben Melham will miss lucrative rides at the Caulfield Guineas meeting.

Melham was outed at Ballarat on Thursday with his ban to begin after Saturday’s Flemington meeting and end a day after the Caulfield meeting on October 14.

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He is the regular rider of Caulfield Guineas contender Levendi and has been slated to ride Irish horse Johannes Vermeer in the Caulfield Stakes.

Johannes Vermeer, trained by Aidan O’Brien and part-owned by Lloyd Williams, is in quarantine at Werribee.