Dettori confident he’ll be fit for Derby after freak injury

FRANKIE DETTORI is confident he will be fit in time for the Vodafone Derby - despite breaking a finger at Goodwood yesterday.

Dettori confident he’ll be fit for Derby after freak injury

The Italian fractured a bone in his left hand in a bizarre incident before the Mitsubishi Diamond Vision Handicap, where a pheasant flew out of a tree and caused his mount Chinkara to spook on the way to post.

He was taken to hospital for X-rays, but returned to the track afterwards.

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