The defection of top-weight Quest For More allows Clondaw Warrior, owned in partnership by the wife of Irish jump jockey Ruby Walsh, in at the foot of the Ebor weights and Frankie Dettori takes the mount looking for his second win in the race
Frankie Dettori booted home his 50th Royal Ascot winner in the Sandringham Handicap as the great racing festival continues with Ladies Day today
Royal Ascot, apart from everything else, is an annual five-day war between backers and bookies – and no prizes for guessing who normally comes out on top
Unlucky in the Investec Oaks just nine days ago, Duke Of Marmalade’s very smart daughter makes amends from a 15 draw in a 17 horse field under a jubilant Frankie Dettori
Dettori was on board Jack Hobbs on the Knavesmire, with William Buick riding Golden Horn, but the two jockeys swapped places at Epsom after Buick’s retaining owners Godolphin snapped up a majority share in Jack Hobbs
Jockey Frankie Dettori says Investec Derby favourite Golden Horn ‘didn’t turn a hair’ as he faced up to the famously tricky contours of Epsom racecourse for the first time
Frankie Dettori, a former champion, said: “Racing needs to make more of us jockeys and the rivalry between us to engage the public. I believe it will heighten the intensity of the competition.”
The 2014 Breeders’ Cup World Championships opened with a bang on Friday, 31 October with Goldencents posting a historic double in the Dirt Mile and Untapable proving unstoppable in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff
At Ascot in 1996, he rode all seven winners on the card and, at the age of just 25, entered into sporting legend. In a profession dominated by taciturn, gum-chewing types, the Italian-born jockey was a natural showman
Frankie Dettori will attempt to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for a fourth time at Longchamp on Sunday after he was confirmed as the rider of Ruler Of The World, last year’s Derby winner
De Kock and Dettori team up in the Nunthorpe! Watch it live on Tellytrack today at 16h40
Charl Pretorius writes in his Off The Record column on the 4Racing website that owners, trainers and racing fans are gravely concerned about the state of our industry
There has been a precipitous decline of betting on the Totalisator which gives cause for concern for the horseracing industry
