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Frankie Dettori has been given a 30-day suspension for careless riding aboard seventh-place finisher Mamool in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. The ban will end on Dec. 8, leaving Dettori free to ride in the Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on Dec. 12. . . . Ball Four, a 3-year-old colt by Grand Slam, brought a $110,000 final bid from agent Joe Brocklebank to top Fasig-Tipton's Belmont Park paddock sale Wednesday. The auction sold 38 horses of racing age for gross sales of $362,400 and an average of $9,537, compared with an average of $8,171 for 55 horses sold last year. . . . Laura Barillaro, the vice president and controller of The Jockey Club since 1995, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. . . . The fifth annual silent auction to benefit New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program, held at Thistledown last Saturday, raised $12,500 for the program. . . . The Kentucky Equine Management Internship program and the Race for Education will host a horsemen's Texas hold'em poker tournament on Nov. 6 at Sal's Italian Chop House in Lexington, Ky., with a seats at $1,000 and limited to 110 players. . . . Jockeys Aaron Gryder, Mike Luzzi, and Chris DeCarlo will be among the athletes present at the eighth annual Dr. Theodore Atlas charity fund-raising dinner on Nov. 18 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Staten Island, N.Y. More information is available at (888) 505-7070.