Dettori gives up Newmarket rides

Racing:  Frankie Dettori has given up his intended rides at Newmarket today due to a shoulder injury.

Racing: Frankie Dettori has given up his intended rides at Newmarket today due to a shoulder injury.

He was unshipped by Spring City on the way to the start before the Racing Post Maiden Stakes at the track yesterday.

Dettori is now set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to the 14-day ban (July 13 — 26) he picked up for his winning ride on Ramonti in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.

"He hurt his shoulder when he fell off yesterday," said Dettori's agent Ray Cochrane.

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"He's got plenty of time off now for it to heal now anyway."

As a result Kerrin McEvoy will ride Godolphin's Laverock in the Princess Of Wales's Stakes and both Perfectperformance and Gongidas at Nottingham this evening.