Bittersweet day for Ahern

Eddie Ahern experienced a topsy-turvy day at Bath where he incurred an eight-day suspension under the Jockey Club’s totting-up system only to make the best of a spare ride on Bold Diktator.

The ban means he will miss the last three days of Royal Ascot, with his misfortunes starting when he rode Murrumbidgee in the totecourse to course Handicap, won by Maidford.