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

The appeal against the decision to demote John Gosden’s Dar Re Mi from first to fifth place in the Prix Vermeille has been rejected.

The BBC has negotiated a deal to continue live terrestrial television coverage of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe until 2009.

Zaiyad, a surprise inclusion in the 21 declarations for tomorrow’s Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, will miss the race after being left in through an administrative errr.