Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBEis an Italian horse racing jockey in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. His most celebrated achievement was riding all seven winners on British Champions' Day at Ascot in 1996. He is the son of the jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. He has been described by Lester Piggott as the best jockey currently riding...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth15 December 1970
CityMilan, Italy
dubai horse millennium museum special
The horse was very special and I was part of the Dubai Millennium fairytale. So to have something like this in the Godolphin museum is very good.
beginning came nice straight
He got into a nice rhythm, and when we came into the straight he galloped on strongly. This is only the beginning for this horse.
brass hat shake
I couldn't shake Brass Hat off. He was always a threat.
brass coming hat kept last shake until win yards
I didn't know I was going to win it until the last 20 yards or so because I couldn't shake Brass Hat off. He kept coming back.
run
He's having his first run for us and it will also be his first run on the dirt. It will be interesting to see how he will do.
emotions feels gone letting main mixed mohammed peculiar riding thank won
There are mixed emotions about this because usually I am riding for Sheikh Mohammed in this race, ... I have to thank him for letting me ride. It feels a little peculiar that I won this for the main opposition, but that's the way things have gone this year.