OWNERS Amo Racing have lodged an appeal into the stewards decision not to reverse placings in the Norfolk Stakes.

The race was won by the Paul Hanagan-ridden The Ridler, who veered to his left late in the race, impeding the third placed horse Crispy Cat, owned by Amo, and the fourth Brave Nation. Amo also owns the second placed horse Walbank, who wasn’t impeded by the winner’s move.

An independent judicial panel will consider the case on Thursday. Hanagan received a 10-day ban for careless riding but according to a BHA report on the incident, the Ascot stewards were “satisfied the interference had not improved the position of the winner.”

On the day, Silvestre de Sousa felt his mount, Crispy Cat, definitely would have won had he not suffered interference. The decision drew widespread criticism of the interference rules and how they are implemented by stewards, with Ruby Walsh among the high profile figures favouring a change in policy.

If a rider is found guilty of dangerous riding in Britain, the steward should disqualify the horse, but there hasn’t been a dangerous riding case since 2009.

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Buveur for Martinstown

DUAL Champion Hurdle winner Buveur D’Air was retired this week and will live out the rest of his days at J.P. McManus’s farm in Martinstown.

The 11-year-old was rated 172 in his pomp and recorded eight Grade 1 wins in all, the last of which came in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle in 2019.

Dettori riding on

FRANKIE Dettori has vowed to ride for the remainder of this year and next, despite no longer having the support from the John and Thady Gosden yard. Dettori met John Gosden last Friday and news emerged later that evening that the two parties had agreed to take a sabbatical.

Earlier, Gosden had been highly critical of Dettori at Royal Ascot, in particular his rides on Stradivarius and Saga. The pair have enjoyed a fruitful relationship on the whole however, not least with the likes of Enable, Palace Pier, Too Darn Hot and Stradivarius. Dettori has no rides today and is riding in the German Derby tomorrow.

Stone Age for Belmont

STONE Age was a notable omission when declarations came through for today’s Eclipse Stakes and Aidan O’Brien has since revealed the colt is to take on the Belmont Derby next week instead.

Fifth in the Derby, Stone Age had earlier ran out an impressive winner of the Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown, and is following a similar route to Bolshoi Ballet, who won the Belmont Derby last season, having disappointed at Epsom.

O’Brien also had the option of running Aikhal and High Definition at Sandown but has kept them back for races in France, the Grand Prix de Paris for Aikhal and tomorrow’s Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud for High Definition.