Jockey Frankie Dettori said he was “very ashamed and embarrassed” after being banned for six months after testing positive for cocaine.

Jockey Frankie Dettori said he was “very ashamed and embarrassed” after being banned for six months after testing positive for cocaine.

Frankie Dettori fears he may never repair the damage done to his reputation after he failed a drugs test which has seen him handed a six-month ban.

Frankie Dettori will not return to action on the racecourse until a fortnight before next year’s Derby after the former champion jockey accepted a six-month ban handed to him by the French authorities.

Frankie Dettori will not return to action on the racecourse until a fortnight before next year’s Derby after the former champion jockey accepted a six-month ban handed to him by the French authorities.

Frankie Dettori pledged to “rebuild his reputation” after he has served a six-month ban for taking a prohibited substance when riding in France.

Jockey Frankie Dettori faces a six-month ban from riding when the stewards of France Galop meet in Paris today.

Frankie Dettori has indicated he will not be riding anywhere in the world until the French stewards announce their judgement over his positive test for a banned substance.

Frankie Dettori has been temporarily suspended from riding in France due to this week's case over his positive test for a banned substance.

A verdict on any suspension for Frankie Dettori after the jockey tested positive for a banned substance in France was not decided at a meeting in Paris yesterday.

Frankie Dettori faces a France Galop inquiry today after testing positive for a banned substance at Longchamp in September.

Frankie Dettori faces a France Galop inquiry tomorrow after testing positive for a banned substance at Longchamp in September.

Frankie Dettori’s failed test over a banned substance at Longchamp in September was not for a performance-enhancing drug, his solicitor has said.

Frankie Dettori is set to face a France Galop inquiry next week after testing positive for a banned substance at Longchamp in September.

Frankie Dettori is set to face a France Galop inquiry next week after a ’positive test’ at Longchamp in September, the rider’s legal representative has revealed.

Camelot faces a crucial workout on Wednesday morning as trainer Aidan O’Brien insists he is looking “very strongly” at running his Classic hero in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Danedream has been officially scratched from the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.

FRANCE and Ireland have agreed a number of common strategic targets from forthcoming EU talks on agriculture and fisheries policies.

Arc day at Longchamp began in chaotic fashion as a false start was called in the Prix de l'Abbaye despite most of the runners racing for more than three furlongs.

Wet weather has hit Chantilly this week with the ground currently testing ahead of Sunday’s Prix du Jockey Club.

KIEREN FALLON has failed in his final appeal against the 18-month worldwide ban he received from France Galop in January for a second positive drugs test.

Kieren Fallon has failed in his final appeal against the 18-month worldwide ban he received from France Galop in January for a second positive drugs test.

KIEREN Fallon is likely to know within the next 48 hours if he has succeeded in his bid to reduce the 18-month worldwide ban he received from France Galop in January for a second positive drugs test.

Kieren Fallon is to appeal after being banned from racing for 18 months by France Galop after testing positive for a banned substance following a race at Deauville in August 2007.

Kieren Fallon expects to hear from the French racing authorities in their own time after yesterday appearing at a hearing scheduled to consider his failed drugs test last August.

KIEREN Fallon yesterday appeared before the French racing authorities following his failed drugs test last August.

Aidan O’Brien is confident Coolmore will continue to support Kieren Fallon if the six-time champion jockey’s failed drugs test is confirmed.

The free movement of horses between Great Britain, France and Ireland has been resumed following the recent foot and mouth disease outbreak.

Officials at the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) do not envisage the current outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK having any immediate impact on racing.

Jamie Spencer has failed in his appeal against a two-day ban incurred at Ascot last Saturday – a result that could prevent him from riding in the Vodafone Derby.

Kieren Fallon is unlikely to be allowed to ride in Ireland while he serves a six-month suspension handed to him by French racing authority France Galop.

Organisers of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe were today waxing lyrical about the potential duel on October 2 between last year’s champion Hurricane Run and Japanese challenger Deep Impact, a former Japanese Triple Crown winner.

Francois Doumen, fresh from sending out two winners at the Cheltenham Festival, has a bright chance of lifting France’s first Group Two race of the season with Samando at Longchamp on Sunday.

FRANKIE DETTORI teamed up with old friend Absolute Utopia for a victory which got him off the mark for the season in the jockeys’ championship.

The Easter Sunday card at Longchamp on Sunday, featuring the Prix d’Harcourt, will go ahead after French unions decided to suspend their threat of strike action.

France's powerful challenge for Cheltenham Festival prizes is set to be scrapped after the country's government announced a ban on the movement of horses.