STEWARDS have allowed jockey Nash Rawiller to keep the ride on Theseo in the Ranvet Stakes despite suspending him at Warwick Farm yesterday, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It says: Rawiller was found guilty of careless riding on Dee Lilly in the second race of the afternoon. However, his plea to stewards to consider the time of year resulted in only a four-meeting suspension, which will start after Wednesday's Canterbury meeting and allow him back for the Ranvet on March 20.''We work all the

STEWARDS have allowed jockey Nash Rawiller to keep the ride on Theseo in the Ranvet Stakes despite suspending him at Warwick Farm yesterday, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

It says: Rawiller was found guilty of careless riding on Dee Lilly in the second race of the afternoon. However, his plea to stewards to consider the time of year resulted in only a four-meeting suspension, which will start after Wednesday's Canterbury meeting and allow him back for the Ranvet on March 20.

''We work all the year for this time and it would be a crying shame to be put out on a Monday at Warwick Farm when you're trying to look after your fellow riders,'' Rawiller said. ''I have a very good ride in Ranvet [Theseo].''

Rawiller initially plead not guilty to the charge that he took the running on Blake Shinn's Preventable at the 200 metre mark when he steered out from behind Minnisaw ridden by Kathy O'Hara. He launched a fierce defence.

''I admit there was interference there but I don't think it was a careless act,'' said Rawiller during his defence. But once he found guilty he changed his tune, saying. ''I agree there is an ounce of careless in it, so can I change my plea?''

In handing down the suspension, acting chairman of stewards Marc Van Gestal gave Rawiller a 30 per cent dispensation for the group 1 event he will miss on Saturday. The stewards also gave him a 10 per cent discount for a guilty plea, which took the suspension from seven to four meetings on the stewards templated system.

Rawiller will miss likely rides on Viking Legend in the group 1 Randwick Guineas and Zutara in the group 3 Sweet Embrace Stakes.