France slaps Dettori with 6-month ban
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December 6, 2012, Thursday
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JOCKEY Frankie Dettori has been banned from racing for six months by French horse racing stewards following a positive drug test.
The British-based rider tested positive for an unidentified banned substance on September 16 at a race meet at Longchamp. The ban, backdated to his medical hearing last month, is likely to be extended worldwide until May 19 next year.
The medical committee of the French horse racing association temporarily suspended the Italian on "medical grounds" last month and transferred the case to France Galop, the governing body.
"I have spoken to Frankie since the announcement was made and he has told me he fully accepts France Galop's decision," Dettori's lawyer Christopher Stewart-Moore said in a statement. "He also accepts that he has let down the sport he loves and all those associated with it, as well as the wider public. But most of all, and this is his greatest regret, he has let down his wife and children."
The 41-year-old Dettori is best known for riding seven winners on one day at Ascot in 1996. Dettori, a three-time champion jockey in Britain, had four rides at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe trials meeting on September 16.
The British-based rider tested positive for an unidentified banned substance on September 16 at a race meet at Longchamp. The ban, backdated to his medical hearing last month, is likely to be extended worldwide until May 19 next year.
The medical committee of the French horse racing association temporarily suspended the Italian on "medical grounds" last month and transferred the case to France Galop, the governing body.
"I have spoken to Frankie since the announcement was made and he has told me he fully accepts France Galop's decision," Dettori's lawyer Christopher Stewart-Moore said in a statement. "He also accepts that he has let down the sport he loves and all those associated with it, as well as the wider public. But most of all, and this is his greatest regret, he has let down his wife and children."
The 41-year-old Dettori is best known for riding seven winners on one day at Ascot in 1996. Dettori, a three-time champion jockey in Britain, had four rides at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe trials meeting on September 16.
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