There was a slight delay to the following race as the riders refused to enter the paddock. However they were eventually persuaded, with the help of champion jockey Tony McCoy, to come out.

Walsh, who is stable jockey to Willie Mullins in his native Ireland and rides for Paul Nicholls in England, was banned for five days and will miss November 5-9 inclusive.

The most significant fixture he is set to miss is at Down Royal on November 5, a card featuring the JNwine.com Champion Chase.

“I have a wife who is more than capable of keeping me in line and doing things right, but I’m always a believer that punishments have to fit crimes,” Walsh told Racing UK.

“If a five-day ban for what I did is a justifiable penalty, it’s not worth my while coming here to ride in the middle of the week or in an ordinary race like Edgardo Sol won.

“All right for a Grade One race, but if that is the ban you are facing for ordinary races and what it’s going to cost me, it isn’t worth my while.

“I counted eight but watching the video, I hit him with my hands off the reins going to the last down the shoulder.

“I counted the eight and thought I was inside the limit, but I was over.

“It’s so sad and disappointing. I like riding here and I thought I gave the horse a good ride.

“I thought I was fair and I was honest. I asked everyone when I walked out of the weighing room after if anyone thought I was wrong, no-one did.

“Rules are rules but the rule is wrong and the punishment is not fair.

“I miss Grade One races in Down Royal and a good meeting at Cork after for a novice handicap chase here, it isn’t worth my while riding in it.

“I did my best to count to eight and stay within the limits, whilst not trying to curb my will to win.

“That was a two-and-a-half mile chase on good ground here, you’d have to wonder whether the number is enough for a start.

“In every walk of life, whether you’re breaking a red light or drink driving, there are different penalties for every crime.

“This definitely does not fit the crime.”

Regarding the incident in the weighing room, Walsh added: “We were having a discussion and things were getting heated, probably more so from my side.

“I wear my collar on my sleeve and I think it’s a sad state of affairs.

“I’ll have to talk to Paul Nicholls about it, but why would I (come to England for ordinary races)?

“Willie Mullins is going to miss out for an ordinary race. I’d be better off staying in Ireland where there is room for discretion (with the rules), where they are well policed and there’s compromise and common sense is shown.

“I used to enjoy riding here but common sense has gone and I look forward to going to Galway on Sunday, where common sense will be used.”

Stipendiary steward Robert Earnshaw added: “The jockeys had a discussion and were slightly reluctant to come out.

“I and Adrian Sharpe went into the changing room and with the help of AP McCoy persuaded them to come out.”

Edgardo Sol’s trainer Paul Nicholls expressed his fury at the ban.

On his Twitter account, he said: “Nice day with three winners ruined by Ruby’s five-day ban after awesome ride on Edgardo Sol.

“And Ruby just told me he can’t ride Kauto Stone and The Nightingale at Down Royal on November 5. Beyond a joke.”