Frankie Dettori full of remorse after being suspended for six months over positive drug test Dettori, 41, whose ban was backdated by the stewards of France Galop to the start of the ban their medical committee imposed on him in France on Nov 19, added: "I could try to make excuses, but this is not the way I want to handle this situation. I am now going to have some time with my family, pursue some other interests and then concentrate on my return in six months time. Commenting on his client, Burrell said: "Frankie will put this behind him and use his six months off constructively. He has taken his family away on holiday and his intention is to have a good break for three months and then use the second three months to concentrate on his comeback and getting in the right frame of mind for it. Dettori's relationship with racing has been intensely symbiotic since he first rose to prominence as champion apprentice in 1989, the same year that he became stable jockey to his early mentor, the successful Newmarket trainer Luca Cumani. Racing is quick to forget private indiscretions and always takes the view that what counts most in a jockey is not any human frailty out of the saddle, but his talent in it. Just look at the examples of the reformed Timmy Murphy, who served a prison sentence for an alcohol-related incident on a plane, and Kieren Fallon, who clawed his way back after a lengthy ban for failing drugs tests as well as a very public corruption case, during which he was acquitted. When Dettori returns on May 19 - after a medical examination by France Galop's doctors, which may include further drug testing - he will still be regarded as one of the world's best. He might not instantly get back on the top horses and may even find that seats on the first 10 in the betting have been taken in the Derby. But in some ways, the freelance Dettori might be more attractive than the one sworn to Godolphin and always likely to be unavailable come the big race when he would invariably have to pull on the royal blue silks. Provided he can demonstrate hunger for the sport, he will not lack for support. Marco Botti, the up-and-coming young Italian trainer in Newmarket who supplied Dettori's last Group One winner, Joshua Tree, in the Canadian International on Oct 14, said: "We all agree he's made a mistake but it doesn't change how I feel about him as a jockey and when he comes back I will be as keen to support him as I was before." Peter Chapple-Hyam, who supplied Dettori's only Derby winner Authorized in 2007, is also keen to use him. "It's a shame," he said, "but I'd have no hesitation putting him up, even if it was his first ride on his first day back. No way does this change my view of him as a jockey.