LEGENDARY jockey Frankie Dettori should wait till subsequent 12 months to look on the Listowel Harvest Pageant after a hefty suspension has dominated him out of driving on the well-known Kerry observe later this month.

he go to of Dettori on Tuesday, September 20 (day three of the Pageant) had tongues wagging, however the iconic Italian rider has been compelled to delay his journey by 12 months after choosing up a 14-day ban for overuse of the whip aboard Arc winner Torquator Tasso at Baden-Baden in Germany final Sunday.

Suspension sees the 51-year-old sidelined from September 18 to October 1 and whereas the Listowel Race Committee are dissatisfied by the information, they insist that Dettori has promised to ‘grace us together with his presence’ on the 2023 Harvest Pageant.

“Till then, the Harvest Pageant should go on and fortunately, the utterance of ‘race week’ chatter is changing into extra prevalent in Listowel with every passing day. We sit up for welcoming you to the 2022, Listowel Harvest Pageant,” a Listowel Race Committee spokesperson advised The Kerryman.