Frankie Dettori given nine-day careless riding ban on frustrating first day at Royal Ascot

Frankie Dettori's frustrating first day at Royal Ascot ended with the stewards handing him a nine-day ban for careless riding.

The jockey failed to bag a winner and had three second-placed finishes on the opening day of the royal meeting and was deemed to have caused significant interference to multiple horses in the Wolferton Stakes aboard fifth-place finisher Saga.

In the early stages of the race, he shifted his mount right-handed and towards the rail when trying to move in front of Cadillac but the manoeuvre caused his jockey James McDonald to quickly pull his mount back to avoid a collision. That subsequently hampered Certain Lad and Notre Belle Bete, who were positioned behind Cadillac.

Cadillac, a 10-1 fancy, beat only one rival home and finished over 27 lengths behind the winner, while 50-1 chances Certain Lad and Notre Belle Bete finished 13th and 11th respectively.

The ban means Dettori will be unable to ride between July 4 and 12 and will miss the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown, for which his regular ride Emily Upjohn heads the ante-post betting at 9-4 with the race sponsors. His suspension will finish a day before the three-day July festival at Newmarket begins.

Dettori came within a neck of success on his final Tuesday at Royal Ascot, with the jockey set to retire at the end of the season.

He partnered Inspiral to finish close behind 33-1 shot Triple Time in the Queen Anne Stakes and filled the runner-up spot aboard St James's Palace Stakes favourite Chaldean and Absurde in the Copper Horse Handicap.

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