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The remarkable facts and figures behind Frankie Dettori's record-breaking career

Golden Horn: Frankie Dettori's second Derby winner
Frankie Dettori celebrates his triumph on Golden Horn at Epsom, his second Derby winnerCredit: Edward Whitaker

Full name Lanfranco 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 Royal Ascot winner Markofdistinction (1990 Queen Anne Stakes)

First Group 1 winner Markofdistinction (1990 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes)

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners (6 wins – record) Lammtarra (1995), Sakhee (2001), Marienbard (2002), Golden Horn (2015), Enable (2017, 2018)

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners (7 wins – joint-record) Lammtarra (1995), Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Doyen (2004), Enable (2017, 2019, 2020)

Derby winners Authorized (2007), Golden Horn (2015)

Dubai World Cup winners Dubai Millennium (2000), Moon Ballad (2003), Electrocutionist (2006), Country Grammer (2022)

Japan Cup winners Singspiel (1996), Falbrav (2002), Alkaased (2005)

Breeders' Cup Classic winner Raven's Pass (2008)

Breeders' Cup Turf winners (5 wins – record) Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Red Rocks (2006), Dangerous Midge (2010), Enable (2018)

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), Queen's Trust (2016 Filly & Mare Turf), Expert Eye (2018 Mile)

Irish Derby winner Balanchine (1994)

Prix du Jockey Club winners Polytain (1992), Shamardal (2005), Lawman (2007)

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), Enable (2017 Oaks), Anapurna (2019 Oaks), Logician (2019 St Leger), Mother Earth (2021 1,000 Guineas), Snowfall (2021 Oaks by record 16 lengths)

Coronation Cup winners Swain (1996), Singspiel (1997), Daylami (1999), Mutafaweq (2001), Cracksman (2018)

Ascot Gold Cup winners Drum Taps (1992, 1993), Kayf Tara (1998), Papineau (2004), Colour Vision (2012), Stradivarius (2018, 2019, 2020)

Eclipse Stakes winners Daylami (1998), Refuse To Bend (2004), Golden Horn (2015), Enable (2019)

Juddmonte International winners Halling (1996), Singspiel (1997), Sakhee (2001), Sulamani (2004), Authorized (2007)

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winners Markofdistinction (1990), Mark Of Esteem (1996), Dubai Millennium (1999), Ramonti (2007), Poet's Voice (2010), Persuasive (2017)

Champion Stakes winner Cracksman (2017, 2018)

Irish Champion Stakes winners Swain (1998), Daylami (1999), Fantastic Light (2001), Grandera (2002), Snow Fairy (2012), Golden Horn (2015)

Richest prize £5,333,333 (2022 Dubai World Cup, Country Grammer)

Highest-rated mounts (RPRs) 139 Dubai Millennium (2000 Dubai World Cup), 138 Daylami (1999 Irish Champion Stakes), 136 Mark Of Esteem (1996 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes), 135 Sakhee (2001 Juddmonte International)

Most prolific Pattern winner Stradivarius (15 wins 2018-22)

Stayers' triple crown winner Stradivarius (2019)

Group/Grade 1 wins 282

British Classic wins 21

Breeders' Cup wins 14

Royal Ascot wins 77 (leading jockey 7 times)

Seven winners on one card Ascot, September 28, 1996 (Wall Street, Diffident, Mark Of Esteem, Decorated Hero, Fatefully, Lochangel, Fujiyama Crest)

Most wins in a British season 233 (1994)

Total wins in Britain 3,336

Champion apprentice 1989

Champion jockey 1994, 1995, 2004

World's Best Jockey Award 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020

Best winner as breeder Dodging Bullets (2015 Queen Mother Champion Chase)

Official honour Honorary MBE (2000)

Compiled by John Randall


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Published on 17 December 2022inBritain

Last updated 18:07, 17 December 2022

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