Frankie Dettori
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Frankie Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970) is a thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity.
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[edit] Career
Born Lanfranco Dettori in Milan, Italy, he is the son of Sardinian Gianfranco Dettori, himself a multiple champion jockey in his native Sardinia island and Italian Peninsula. Dettori's father bought him a palomino pony when he was eight and he used to practise on it for half an hour every night. When he was 13, Frankie left school to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey. The following year he went to the United Kingdom where he apprenticed with trainer Luca Cumani at Newmarket in 1985 and soon became stable jockey [1]
In 1990 Frankie became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in one season. His first win came at the age of 16 in Turin in November 1986, while his first in Britain was the following June. Further success followed, with numerous winners in Group 1 races. On September 28, 1996 he achieved the feat of winning all seven races on a single day at Ascot Racecourse.
In an interview with the BBC's Newsnight, he admitted that he used to take diuretic drugs to keep his weight down. Dettori said he had used a wide range of substances before the Jockey Club banned them in June 1998 after a spate of positive drug tests revealed how prevalent their use was becoming: I took Lasix, pee pills, diuretics, laxatives; all sorts [2]
On December 29, 2000 he received an honorary MBE.
Dettori is the retained jockey for the Godolphin racing stables. He is affectionately known as "Frankie" and is world renowned for his "flying dismounts".
He recently quit his position as a team captain on the BBC quiz A Question Of Sport when he was apparently stung by a question from a participant as to when he retired from riding. Since that time, however, he has completely rededicated himself to riding. He was rewarded for his new found dedication by becoming the British Champion Jockey in 2004.
The Epsom Derby is the only British classic race Dettori has not won.
[edit] Personal life
In 2000 Frankie was aboard a plane which crashed, killing the pilot. Miraculously he escaped relatively unscathed.
An ardent Anglophile, he thrives on English culture: Frankie is an avid Arsenal F.C. supporter, has a line of frozen Italian food and was awarded an honorary MBE. In 2004 he opened a restaurant Frankie's Bar and Grill in London with renowned chef Marco Pierre White.
He lives in Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire with his wife Catherine and their five children: Leo, Ella, Mia, Tallulah and Rocco.
Thieves stole many of his medals from his home on the evening of August 25, 2006. Items missing include three Gold Cups awarded in Japan, and his MBE medal. [1]
[edit] Major winners
- 1,000 Guineas - (2) - Cape Verdi (1998), Kazzia (2002)
- 2,000 Guineas - (2) - Mark of Esteem (1996), Island Sands (1999)
- Ascot Gold Cup - (4) - Drum Taps (1992 & 1993), Kayf Tara (1998), Papineau (2004)
- Cheveley Park Stakes - (2) - Regal Rose (2000), Carry on Katie (2003)
- Coronation Cup - (4) - Swain (1996), Singspiel (1997), Daylami (1999), Mutafaweq (2001)
- Eclipse Stakes - (2) - Daylami (1998), Refuse to Bend (2004)
- Fillies' Mile - (4) - Shamshir (1990), Glorosia (1997), Teggiano (1999), Crystal Music (2000)
- Golden Jubilee Stakes - (1) - So Factual (1995)
- Haydock Sprint Cup - (1) - Diktat (1999)
- International Stakes - (4) - Halling (1996), Singspiel (1997), Sakhee (2001), Sulamani (2004)
- King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes - (4) - Lammtarra (1995), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Doyen (2004)
- Lockinge Stakes - (1) - Aljabr (2000)
- Middle Park Stakes - (3) - Bahamian Bounty (1996), Lujain (1998), Dutch Art (2006)
- Nassau Stakes - (2) - Lailani (2001), Ouija Board (2006)
- Nunthorpe Stakes - (3) - Lochsong (1993), So Factual (1995), Lochangel (1998)
- Oaks - (3) - Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002)
- Prince of Wales's Stakes - (2) - Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002)
- Queen Anne Stakes - (5) - Markofdistinction (1990), Allied Forces (1997), Intikhab (1998), Dubai Destination (2003), Refuse to Bend (2004)
- Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - (3) - Markofdistinction (1990), Mark of Esteem (1996), Dubai Millennium (1999)
- Racing Post Trophy - (1) - Authorized (2006)
- St. James's Palace Stakes - (1) - Starborough (1997)
- St Leger - (4) - Classic Cliché (1995), Shantou (1996), Scorpion (2005), Sixties Icon (2006)
- Sun Chariot Stakes - (1) - Red Slippers (1992)
- Sussex Stakes - (3) - Second Set (1991), Aljabr (1999), Noverre (2001)
- Yorkshire Oaks - (1) - Only Royale (1994)
- Canadian International - (2) - Mutafaweq (2000), Sulamani (2004)
- Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud - (1) - Alkaased (2005)
- Poule d'Essai des Poulains - (3) - Vettori (1995), Bachir (2000), Shamardal (2005)
- Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp - (3) - Lochsong (1993 & 1994), Var (2004)
- Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - (3) - Lammtarra (1995), Sakhee (2001), Marienbard (2002)
- Prix du Cadran - (1) - Sergeant Cecil (2006)
- Prix de la Forêt - (1) - Caradak (2006)
- Prix Ganay - (1) - Pelder (1995)
- Prix d'Ispahan - (2) - Halling (1996), Best of the Bests (2002)
- Prix Jacques le Marois - (3) - Dubai Millennium (1999), Muhtathir (2000), Librettist (2006)
- Prix Jean Prat - (3) - Torrential (1995), Starborough (1997), Almutawakel (1998)
- Prix du Jockey Club - (2) - Polytain (1992), Shamardal (2005)
- Prix Lupin - (1) - Flemensfirth (1995)
- Prix Marcel Boussac - (2) - Ryafan (1996), Sulk (2001)
- Prix Maurice de Gheest - (1) - Diktat (1999)
- Prix Morny - (1) - Bahamian Bounty (1996)
- Prix du Moulin de Longchamp - (2) - Slickly (2001), Librettist (2006)
- Prix de la Salamandre - (2) - Lord of Men (1995), Aljabr (1998)
- Prix Vermeille - (1) - Mezzo Soprano (2003)
- Bayerisches Zuchtrennen - (2) - Germany (1995), Kutub (2001)
- Deutsches Derby - (1) - Temporal (1991)
- Deutschland-Preis - (2) - Luso (1997), Marienbard (2002)
- Grosser Preis von Baden - (3) - Germany (1995), Marienbard (2002), Mamool (2003)
- Preis von Europa - (2) - Kutub (2001), Mamool (2003)
- Centenary Sprint Cup - (1) - Firebolt (2002)
- Hong Kong Cup - (2) - Fantastic Light (2000), Falbrav (2003)
- Hong Kong Mile - (1) - Firebreak (2004)
- Hong Kong Vase - (1) - Luso (1996)
- Queen Elizabeth II Cup - (1) - Overbury (1996)
- Irish 2,000 Guineas - (2) - Bachir (2000), Dubawi (2005)
- Irish Champion Stakes - (4) - Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002)
- Irish Derby - (1) - Balanchine (1994)
- Irish Oaks - (2) - Lailani (2001), Vintage Tipple (2003)
- Irish St Leger - (1) - Kayf Tara (1999)
- Matron Stakes - (1) - Independence (2001)
- National Stakes - (1) - Dubawi (2004)
- Phoenix Stakes - (1) - Pips Pride (1992)
- Pretty Polly Stakes - (1) - Del Deya (1994)
- Tattersalls Gold Cup - (2) - Daylami (1998), Fantastic Light (2001)
- Derby Italiano - (1) - Mukhalif (1999)
- Gran Criterium - (1) - Kirklees (2006)
- Gran Premio del Jockey Club - (4) - Misil (1993), Shantou (1996), Kutub (2001), Cherry Mix (2005)
- Gran Premio d'Italia - (1) - Masad (1992)
- Gran Premio di Milano - (1) - Shantou (1997)
- Oaks d'Italia - (1) - Nicole Pharly (1997)
- Premio Roma - (4) - Legal Case (1990), Misil (1992), Flemensfirth (1996), Sunstrach (2002)
- Premio Vittorio di Capua - (4) - Muhtathir (1999), Slickly (2001 & 2002), Ancient World (2004)
- Japan Cup - (3) - Singspiel (1996), Falbrav (2002), Alkaased (2005)
- Japan Cup Dirt - (1) - Eagle Café (2002)
- Singapore Airlines International Cup - (1) - Grandera (2002)
- Dubai Duty Free Stakes - (1) - Tamayaz (1997)
- Dubai Golden Shaheen - (1) - Kelly's Landing (2007)
- Dubai Sheema Classic - (2) - Stowaway (1998), Sulamani (2003)
- Dubai UAE Derby - (2) - Essence Of Dubai (2002), Discreet Cat (2006)
- Dubai World Cup - (3) - Dubai Millennium (2000), Moon Ballad (2003), Electrocutionist (2006)
- Beverly D. Stakes - (1) - Crimson Palace (2004)
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf - (1) - Ouija Board (2006)
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile - (1) - Wilko (2004)
- Breeders' Cup Mile - (1) - Barathea (1994)
- Breeders' Cup Turf - (3) - Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Red Rocks (2006)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/tv_and_radio/passion_for_sport/stars/dettori.stm
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,201033,00.html
[edit] External links
- Impressions Frankie Dettori - Frankie Dettori impressions
- Jockey's Room - has biography and career win statistics
- [2] - Video replays, official charts, and article recaps of every Breeders' Cup race.
- Classic Management - Management agents including riding history and TV appearances
