FRANKIE DETTORI took advantage of the absence of Kieren Fallon to extend his lead in the jockeys’ championship to 14 with a winner at Leicester yesterday.

CLOONE RIVER, second in the race a year earlier to Sabadilla, went one better when powering to victory in the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday.

RACING at Kilbeggan last Saturday night came close to being cancelled when the jockeys’ valets said they would not work unless they were given a special payment of €130, which they got from the racecourses for working Saturday evenings last year.

Jamie Spencer will be able to ride Vodafone Derby favourite Yeats in his final prep race after his four-day ban for careless riding was allowed to stand today.

JAMIE SPENCER’S woes continued yesterday after it emerged that he could have the four-day careless riding ban he picked up at Navan on Saturday increased.

Jamie Spencer’s woes continued today after it emerged that he could have the four-day careless riding ban (May 3, 5, 6 and 7) he picked up at Navan on Saturday increased.

Jamie Spencer will miss the ride on Necklace in the UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas after his appeal against the ban he picked up at Leopardstown earlier this month was dismissed at the Turf Club Rooms at the Curragh today.

BALLYBEGGAN PARK looks set for a reprieve.

LAWYERS for the Turf Club applied to the High Court yesterday to lift a stay on the suspension of racehorse Davids Lad which enables him to run at Cheltenham tomorrow and in the Aintree Grand National next month.

DAVIDS LAD, sensationally banned for 42 days by the stewards at Naas last Sunday week, may yet contest the Aintree Grand National on April 5.

Davids Lad could be back in action at next week’s Cheltenham Festival after his owners won a stay against his 42-day ban at the High Court in Dublin this afternoon.

Willie Mullins’ appeal against Scolardy’s disqualification at the beginning of the month has been dismissed by the Irish Turf Club.