Dettori ends ‘wonderful’ 18-year link with Godolphin

Frankie Dettori is to leave Godolphin after being retained rider to Sheikh Mohammed’s operation for 18 years.

The Italian jockey rode nine English Classic winners for Godolphin and partnered the great Dubai Millennium to glory in the Dubai World Cup of 2000, one of his three wins in the world’s richest race.

Dettori, who rode Godolphin’s first Classic winner, Balanchine, in 1994 and has been associated with many of the stable’s top horses since then, said: “I have had 18 wonderful years.