Three decades of success: the facts and figures
FRANKIE DETTORI
Born December 15, 1970
Father Gianfranco Dettori (13-time champion jockey in Italy; won 2,000 Guineas on Bolkonski 1975, Wollow 1976)
Apprenticed to Luca Cumani, Newmarket 1987-89
First winner Rif, Turin, November 16, 1986
First winner in Britain Lizzy Hare, Goodwood, June 9, 1987
Lost claim Versailles Road, Beverley, July 18, 1989
First Group winner Legal Case (1989 Select Stakes)
First Group 1 winner Markofdistinction (1990 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes)
Derby winners Authorized (2007), Golden Horn (2015)
Dubai World Cup winners Dubai Millennium (2000), Moon Ballad (2003), Electrocutionist (2006)
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winners Lammtarra (1995), Sakhee (2001), Marienbard (2002), Golden Horn (2015)
Japan Cup winners Singspiel (1996), Falbrav (2002), Alkaased (2005)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners Lammtarra (1995), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Doyen (2004)
Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Raven’s Pass (2008)
Breeders’ Cup Turf winners Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Red Rocks (2006), Dangerous Midge (2010)
Other Breeders’ Cup winners Barathea (1994 Mile), Wilko (2004 Juvenile), Ouija Board (2006 Filly & Mare Turf), Donativum (2008 Juvenile Turf), Pounced (2009 Juvenile Turf), Hootenanny (2014 Juvenile Turf)
Other British Classic winners Balanchine (1994 Oaks), Moonshell (1995 Oaks), Classic Cliche (1995 St Leger), Mark Of Esteem (1996 2,000 Guineas), Shantou (1996 St Leger), Cape Verdi (1998 1,000 Guineas), Island Sands (1999 2,000 Guineas), Kazzia (2002 1,000 Guineas, Oaks), Scorpion (2005 St Leger), Sixties Icon (2006 St Leger), Conduit (2008 St Leger), Blue Bunting (2011 1,000 Guineas), Galileo Gold (2016 2,000 Guineas)
Irish Derby winner Balanchine (1994)
Prix du Jockey Club winners Polytain (1992), Shamardal (2005), Lawman (2007)
Coronation Cup winners Swain (1996), Singspiel (1997), Daylami (1999), Mutafaweq (2001)
Eclipse Stakes winners Daylami (1998), Refuse To Bend (2004), Golden Horn (2015)
Juddmonte International winners Halling (1996), Singspiel (1997), Sakhee (2001), Sulamani (2004), Authorized (2007)
Irish Champion Stakes winners Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002), Snow Fairy (2012), Golden Horn (2015)
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winners Markofdistinction (1990), Mark Of Esteem (1996), Dubai Millennium (1999), Ramonti (2007), Poet’s Voice (2010)
Best mounts (Racing Post Ratings) 139 Dubai Millennium (2000 Dubai World Cup), 138 Daylami (1999 Irish Champion Stakes)
Seven winners on one card Ascot September 28, 1996 (Wall Street, Diffident, Mark Of Esteem, Decorated Hero, Fatefully, Lochangel, Fujiyama Crest)
Champion apprentice 1989
Champion jockey 1994, 1995, 2004
Most wins in a British season 233 (1994)
Best winner as breeder Dodging Bullets (2015 Queen Mother Champion Chase)
Honorary MBE 2000
Compiled by John Randall
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