Frankie Dettori Frankie Dettori Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born 15 December 1970) is 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 Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. He has been described by Lester Piggott as the best jockey currently riding. Since the end of 2012, Dettori has been operating as a freelance, having split
William Noble (jockey) giving 23 lbs to runner-up Hetman Platoff. The race was run over 9 furlongs on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in October 1839. The race is still run to this day, forming part of the annual Betfred Cambridgeshire Meeting and being the first leg of the historic Autumn Double (the second being The Betfred Cesarewitch at Future Champions Festival).<br> <br> Two years later, in 1841, he rode Lanercost to victory in the Ascot Cup, beating rival Beeswing. Willliam also won the Ayr Gold Cup on four occasions – in 1836 (Despot), 1840 (The Doctor), 1842 (The Recorder), and 1843 (The