THE female jockey who punched her sister, also a jockey, at a race meeting because the sister had slept with her husband has vowed to make peace.

Nikita McLean had her 5 1/2 month suspension for the sibling assault slashed in half by a sympathetic appeals board.

"He (McLean's husband) had it off with her younger sister," the judge noted.

"She's not a robot."

McLean, 27, said she wanted to make peace with 18-year-old sister Jackie Beriman and to put the drama behind her.

"I'm committed to try and restore my relationship with Jackie and will work hard to achieve that," McLean said.

"I'm further committed to ensuring that the conduct of all riders in the female jockeys' room is professional and in keeping with the workplace standards that apply in 2013.

"I urge all riders, male and female, to support Jackie and myself and all riders in general so we can present a workplace that is safe, friendly and professional."

The feuding sisters have been told by others to smoke the peace pipe to end a private war that has captivated public interest.

The chief executive of the Victorian Jockeys' Association, Des O'Keefe, said he expected a "satisfactory resolution" to the feud that has caused concern in the jockey room as well as damage to racing's image.

Beriman, riding at Caulfield, refused to comment.

McLean kicked her sister at Hamilton races on April 14 when she, her estranged husband Brad McLean and Beriman, who had slept with her husband, were all in the same place at the same time.

There have been suggestions that some jockeys had "banished" Beriman following the fallout with her sister.

O'Keefe said every effort would be made to help the sisters reconcile.

"I am very confident that it will work itself out in a more than satisfactory resolution," he said.

"We will talk with both of them. We can go to work and there may well be people there that we don't necessarily want to associate with. But everyone must abide by the rules."

Beriman - described as the "cuckoo in the nest" at Friday's hearing - let her riding do the talking.

She took full advantage of her 3kg apprentice allowance to steer Mybenz to victory in the Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1400m).

Brad McLean, called a "freeloader" at the hearing, would only say this: "I don't believe it's anyone else's business, so I'll leave it at that."

At the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board hearing on Friday, Judge Russell Lewis said McLean's career was now in "her own hands" and warned her that if she reoffended it would be in jeopardy.