Frankie Dettori received two suspensions totalling 12 days at the Curragh yesterday. The former champion jockey got a five-day suspension for "improper riding" on Altibr in International Stakes but the other seven days resulted from an inquiry into his body-protector.

The Turf Club medical officer decided the protector was defective because a strap had been cut off. Dettori reported that he had cut the crotch strap away from his body protector two years ago having suffered "severe problems with piles" during a spell riding in South Africa.

"I've been here several times since and there hasn't been a problem," said Dettori who will now miss some of the Newmarket July meeting. The Italian accepted that he received a warning yesterday but added that he did not have a replacement.