Frankie Dettori has his ban reduced – but he is still set to miss some big rides
The leading jockey has suspension cut to six days, meaning he will be back for the final three days of Glorious Goodwood
FRANKIE Dettori will miss some big rides over the next week despite having a 10-day ban reduced on appeal.
The Italian had his suspension cut to six days, but he will not be back in time to ride two red-hot favourites at Glorious Goodwood.
Dettori had been in line to partner Stradivarius (4-6) in the Goodwood Cup next Tuesday and Without Parole (6-4) in the £1,000,000 Sussex Stakes the following day.
However, he picked up a careless riding ban at Newmarket in the Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes when causing interference aboard eventual runner-up Angel's Hideaway.
Stewards at the course gave Dettori 10 days for that misdemeanour, initially ruling him out of the King George meeting at Ascot this weekend and the entire five days of Glorious Goodwood.
While the appeal board at the BHA decided to dismiss his appeal, they did reduce his punishment by four days.
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He will now be able to ride at the final three days of the meeting, with the Group 1 Nassau Stakes the feature race next Thursday when he is due to return.
Dettori did not comment after the verdict had been announced, but he insisted during the hearing that he had not been at fault for the incident.
Dettori said: "I went for the gap (near Colm O'Donoghue on sixth-placed Chicas Amigas) as there was plenty of room for me to go.
"No, she didn't hang into Colm O'Donoghue's filly. I stayed straight.
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"Colm O'Donoghue went slightly left and I think James Doyle (on Main Edition) went marginally left. He (Silvestre de Sousa on winner Pretty Pollyanna) just gradually went right.
"When Silvestre de Sousa drifted and went right, she was intimidated.
"I was trying to explain to the panel on the day in that instance, when Silvestre de Sousa came across, she had a tendency to go right with him.
"I used the whip once when she ran off a true line, I put my hands back on the reins to try to avoid a collision."
Despite Dettori's best efforts, the board upheld the call by the on course officials to ban Dettori for careless riding.
Appeal board chairman David Fish said: "This is not a straightforward case and a number of issues have been raised by both sides.
"We've given careful consideration for this and have decided to dismiss this appeal.
"We have taken the view that Mr Dettori's horse showed a tendency to go right in what is called to be the 'O'Donoghue' incident, which is regarded to be sufficient enough to give Mr Dettori notice that this difficult filly might go further right.
"He then used his whip in the left hand and the filly started to go to the right.
"We take the view he had sufficient time to take preventative action before he did and that amounted to careless riding."