Heffernan suspended for six days

SEAMUS HEFFERNAN has been been given a six-day ban for careless riding on Ivan Denisovich following a controversial renewal of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot.

The jockey had originally been found guilty of improper riding and handed 14 days under Instruction H1 headed “Pacemakers (Team Tactics)” after the local stewards ruled he had forced Frankie Dettori out wide on Librettist on the home turn in the Group One contest won by Ivan Denisovich’s stablemate George Washington.

But he was cleared of that offence at an appeal hearing at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority’s London headquarters late on Tuesday night.