Frankie returns to Shergar Cup with strong book of rides
No one has a bigger affinity with Ascot than superstar Italian.
Frankie Dettori could be the star of the show at Ascot on Saturday when he makes his first appearance in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup since 2016. It has been almost 26 years since the Italian first lit up the Berkshire track when riding all seven winners on one card, but he has been part of the furniture at the venue ever since and his 77 wins at Royal Ascot make him the most successful jockey currently riding. Only Hayley Turner has taken part in the multi-team event more times than Dettori and he ends his six-year Shergar Cup exodus to captain a European team that also includes Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe-winning rider Rene Piechulek, Jose-Luiz Martinez – the nine-time champion jockey in Spain – and Dettori’s compatriot Antonio Fresu. Although skippering the continent’s finest, the Italian’s book of rides has a northern feel to it and his best chance of the afternoon could be aboard Nigel Tinkler’s course and distance winner Isla Kai in the Shergar Cup Mile.Follow us on Twitter racing365dotcom and like our Facebook page.
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