Champion jockey Hugh Bowman has lost his bid to have a careless riding suspension reduced so he can ride Winx in her scheduled comeback in the Apollo Stakes.

The Racing NSW Appeal Panel on Monday agreed with the seven-match suspension imposed by Racing NSW stewards at a meeting at Warwick Farm on January 26.

Bowman needed a three-meeting reduction to be able to ride Winx at Randwick on February 17 and will consider whether to continue with another appeal for a careless riding ban incurred in New Zealand on January 27.

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