Frankie Dettori

Frankie Dettori
MBE
	Frankie Dettori in 2005
Personal information
Born	15 December 1970; Milan, Italy
Occupation	Jockey
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Website	frankiedettori.com
Horse racing career
Sport	Horse racing
Major racing wins
	List 1,000 Guineas (1998), (2002), (2011), (2021); 2,000 Guineas (1996), (1999), (2016), (2023); Ascot Gold Cup (1992), (1993), (1998), (2004), (2012), (2018), (2019), (2020), (2023); Cheveley Park Stakes (2000), (2003); Coronation Cup (1996), (1997), (1999), (2001), (2023); Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1995), (2015); Derby (2007), (2015); Eclipse Stakes (1998), (2004), (2015), (2019); Falmouth Stakes (2008); Goodwood Cup (2019); Fillies' Mile (1990), (1997), (1999), (2000), (2010), (2011); Haydock Sprint Cup (1999); International Stakes (1996), (1997), (2001), (2004), (2007); King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1995), (1998), (1999), (2004), (2017), (2019); King's Stand Stakes (1994); Lockinge Stakes (1994), (2000), (2008), (2014); Middle Park Stakes (1996), (1998), (2006), (2015); Nassau Stakes (2001), (2006); Nunthorpe Stakes (1993), (1995), (1998); Oaks (1994), (1995), (2002), (2017), (2019), (2021), (2023); Prince of Wales's Stakes (2001), (2002), (2011), (2019); Queen Anne Stakes (1990), (1997), (1998), (2003), (2004), (2007); Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1990), (1996), (1999), (2007), (2010), (2017); Racing Post Trophy (2006), (2010); St. James's Palace Stakes (1997), (2018); St. Leger (1995), (1996), (2005), (2006), (2008), (2019); Sun Chariot Stakes (1992), (2023); Sussex Stakes (1991), (1999), (2001), (2007); Yorkshire Oaks (1994), (2011), (2017); Critérium de Saint-Cloud (2009); Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2005li); Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1995), (2000), (2005); Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (1993), (1994), (2004); Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995), (2001), (2002), (2015), (2017), (2018); Prix du Cadran (2006); Prix de Diane (2007), (2015); Prix de la Forêt (2006), (2014), (2022); Prix Ganay (1995), (2018); Prix d'Ispahan (1996), (2002); Prix Jacques Le Marois (1999), (2000), (2006), (2017), (2020), (2021), (2022); Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (2007), (2011), (2021); Prix Jean Prat (1995), (1997), (1998), (2019); Prix Jean Romanet (2008), (2014); Prix du Jockey Club (1992), (2005), (2007); Prix Lupin (1995); Prix Marcel Boussac (1996), (2001); Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999); Prix Morny (1996), (2011), (2014), (2015); Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (2001), (2006); Prix de l'Opéra (2011); Prix de la Salamandre (1995), (1998); Prix Vermeille (2003), (2013); Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (1995), (2001); Deutsches Derby (1991); Deutschland-Preis (1997), (2002), (2010); Grosser Preis von Baden (1995), (2002), (2003); Mehl-Mülhens-Rennen (2010); Preis von Europa (2001), (2003), (2011); Centenary Sprint Cup (2002); Hong Kong Cup (2000), (2003), (2007); Hong Kong Mile (2004); Hong Kong Vase (1996), (2010); Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1996); Irish 2,000 Guineas (2000), (2005); Irish Champion Stakes (1998), (1999), (2001), (2002), (2012), (2015); Irish Derby (1994); Irish Oaks (2001), (2003), (2011), (2017), (2019); Irish St. Leger (1999); Matron Stakes (2001); National Stakes (2004); Phoenix Stakes (1992), (2018); Pretty Polly Stakes (1994); Tattersalls Gold Cup(1998), (2001); Täby Open Sprint Championship (1996); Derby Italiano (1999), (2009); Gran Criterium (2006); Gran Premio del Jockey Club (1993), (1996), (2001), (2005), (2009), (2011); Gran Premio d'Italia (1992); Gran Premio di Milano (1997), Sudan (2007); Oaks d'Italia (1997); Premio Parioli (2023); Premio Roma (1990), (1992), (1996), (2002), (2010); Premio Vittorio di Capua (1999), (2001), (2002), (2004), (2010); Canadian International Stakes (2000), (2004), (2012); E. P. Taylor Stakes (1995), (2008); A J Moir Stakes (2002); Dubai Turf (1997), (2021), (2022); Dubai Golden Shaheen (2007); Dubai Sheema Classic (1998), (2003), (2011); Dubai World Cup (2000), (2003), (2006) (2022); Godolphin Mile (1998), (1999), (2003), (2004), (2009), (2011), (2012); Jebel Hatta (2000), (2001); UAE Derby (2002), (2006); Al Quoz Sprint (2007); Beverly D. Stakes (2004); Breeders' Cup Classic (2008); Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2006), (2016); Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2004); Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2008), (2009), (2014); Breeders' Cup Mile (1994), (2018); Breeders' Cup Turf (1999), (2001), (2006), (2010), (2018); Japan Cup (1996), (2002), (2005); Japan Cup Dirt (2002); Singapore Gold Cup; Singapore Airlines International Cup (2002); King's Cup; Crown Prince Cup; ;
Honours
	Honorary MBE (2001)
Significant horses
	Golden Horn, Grandera, Singspiel, Daylami, Swain, Balanchine, Wilko, Raven's Pass, Electrocutionist, Dubai Millennium, Joshua Tree, Cape Verdi, Kazzia, Blue Bunting, Falbrav, Island Sands, Drum Taps, Kayf Tara, Authorized, Lammtarra, Lawman, Almutawakel, Marienbard, Refuse To Bend, Halling, Sakhee, Sulamani, Aljabr, Shamardal, Scorpion, Conduit, Ramonti, Olympic Glory, Bahamian Bounty, Shalaa, Ouija Board, Lochsong, Fantastic Light, Intikhab, Starborough, Lady Aurelia, Galileo Gold, Enable, Stradivarius.

Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori MBE (Italian pronunciation: [laɱˈfraŋko detˈtoːri]; born 15 December 1970), is a retired Italian jockey who was based in England for a career spanning over 35 years. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey three times (1994, 1995 and 2004) and rode the winners of 288 Group 1 races including 23 winners of the British Classic Races. His most celebrated achievement was riding all seven winners on British Festival of Racing Day at Ascot Racecourse on 28 September 1996.

Born in Milan, Dettori is the son of Italian champion jockey Gianfranco Dettori. At the age of fourteen he went to Newmarket in England to work first as a stable lad, later as apprentice jockey and stable jockey in the yard of Luca Cumani, winning the British flat racing Champion Apprentice title in 1989. He was appointed stable jockey for Sheikh Mohammed's newly founded Godolphin Racing in 1994 and during the next eighteen years rode most of his worldwide big race victories in Godolphin's royal-blue colours. In 2000 Dettori and fellow jockey Ray Cochrane survived a light aircraft crash at Newmarket.

At the end of 2012, Dettori split from Godolphin Racing, and was suspended from riding for six months after failing a drugs test in France. From June 2013 to July 2018, he was the retained rider in Britain for Sheikh Joaan Al Thani's Al Shaqab Racing. After that, many of his winners including Enable and Stradivarius came from the stables of John Gosden. Dettori announced in December 2022 that 2023 would be his final year of professional riding. In December 2023 he moved to California to continue to race in the United States and on the international circuit. He retired from race riding in February 2026.

Outside racing he has worked in TV, appearing as a team captain on A Question of Sport from 2002 to 2004, and opened several Italian restaurants in partnership with chef Marco Pierre White.