Frankie Dettori’s dream of winning a Melbourne Cup, one of the few major races not on his glittering CV, is over.
Frankie Dettori’s dream of winning a Melbourne Cup, one of the few major races not on his glittering CV, is over after he was suspended for a combined 16 days for breaching whip rules during his farewell to British racing.
British racing’s new whip rules came into force over jumps in February and on flat racing the following month. The Italian, who has partnered more than 250 Group 1 winners around the world and more than 3300 winners, first rode in the Cup in 1993 aboard Drum Taps and has since ridden in the race 17 times, finishing second past the post on three occasions.Dettori said in August it would be his last Melbourne Cup, describing it as “one of the best races in the world” and finally winning it would make him “the happiest man in the world”.
Dettori won the Ebor on Absurde for Mullins at York in August, had been mooted as his possible Melbourne Cup ride but Zac Purton was recently booked after he was allotted a low weight of 53 kg.
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