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FRISCO, Texas --?Dallas Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory has won the appeal of his suspension and will be banned for only the first four games of the 2016 season, a source confirmed to ESPNs Dan Graziano on Sunday.The NFL initially announced in February that Gregory would serve a four-game ban for violating its substance abuse policy. But after it was revealed in July that Gregory had violated the policy again (either by failing or missing a test), he was facing the possibility of having the suspension extended to 10 games.The NFL has not yet provided the second-year Cowboys pass-rusher with official notice that his appeal succeeded, a source told ESPNs Ed Werder. Agent Deryk Gilmore filed the appeal, but there was never an actual hearing on the matter, the source said.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported Gregorys reduced suspension.A four-game suspension does not mean Gregory will be back with the Cowboys on Oct. 3. The team placed him on the reserve/did not report list at the start of training camp, and the source told Werder that Gregory continues to receive inpatient treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility.Sources told Werder that Gregorys?latest commitment to sobriety played a significant role in the NFLs decision to keep his suspension to four games.Gregory would be eligible to play Oct. 9 against the Cincinnati Bengals. Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who led the Cowboys with eight sacks in 2015, also began his four-game suspension Saturday for violating the substance abuse policy.The Cowboys have remained supportive of Gregory and have a locker for him at The Star, their new practice facility. The Cowboys biggest need remains at pass-rusher, and Lawrence and Gregory would bolster that group.At the 2015 NFL scouting combine, Gregory tested positive for marijuana, which put him in the leagues drug program. Considered a first-round prospect out of Nebraska, he fell to the second round, where the Cowboys selected him with the 60th overall pick.The Cowboys and Gregory agreed that he would have a personal handler with him during the season to help him cope with issues related to anxiety.Gregory played in 12 games as a rookie and did not record a sack. He suffered a high-ankle sprain in the season opener against the New York Giants and missed the next four games. Cowboys coaches credited him with 11 tackles and 16 quarterback pressures to go along with one tackle for loss.Cowboys linebacker Rolando McClain will miss the first 10 games of the season for violating the substance abuse policy, but his return to the team at all seems unlikely. Clearance Sports Jerseys . John Tavares, Thomas Vanek and Kyle Okposo were also being counted on to slow down sizzling Rangers forward Rick Nash. That plan didnt go so well early. Stitched Sports Jerseys . 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As Rudy returns to the race where he made his name, a second Villiers Stakes win would also take Helen Page level with John Hawkes as the most successful current trainer in the race.While the legendary TJ Smiths benchmark of seven Villiers wins appears insurmountable, the Gold Coast-based Page can join Hawkes with three wins, the most of any active trainer.Rudy will arrive in Sydney in the early hours of Friday aiming to repeat his 2014 win in Saturdays Group Two race at Randwick over 1600m.Page also won the Villiers in 1989 with Spot The Rock when her stables were at Warwick Farm.Hes been very successful at a mile and hes won this race before, Page said.Ive targeted it this year.Rudy didnt contest last years Villiers after three unsuccessful starts during Melbourne spring carnival.But Page has re-focused on Sydneys summer showpiece, priming Rudy for the race with two hit-outs in Brisbane.He finished fifth in an open handicap over 1350m on the Sunshine Coast on November 16 and fourth in the Listed Recognition Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on November 26, carrying big weights both times.Im pleased he didnt get any more weight by running places, Page said.Hes run a couple of nice races coming into it and hes doing very well.ddddddddddddRandwick was in the soft range on Thursday with up to 15mm of rain forecast for Sydney on Friday and showers expected on race day.The track was soft when Rudy scored a narrow win two years ago and he has an imposing record in heavy going with four wins and a second from six starts.He loves the wet but he likes it any way so hes a handy horse to have, Page said.Rudy is a $21 chance to win his second Villiers, the same price as Malice who would also put trainer John OShea on level terms with Hawkes.Fabrizio has been the dominant favourite since markets opened and is at $3.20 to win the race for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.The Ciaron Maher-trained Hazzabeel is at $8 after a narrow defeat in the Group Three Festival Stakes at Rosehill on December 3.There isnt just the carrot of an automatic entry into the Doncaster Mile up for grabs with Rudy likely to be one of the horses attempting to collect the $100,000 bonus for winning the Villiers and the Bernborough Handicap in Brisbane on New Years Eve. 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