Horse Racing: Dettori wins Happy Valley championship
Frankie Dettori won the International Jockeys' Championship by the narrowest of margins at Happy Valley today.
Representing the United Arab Emirates, Dettori scored 16 points to pip Australian Damien Oliver by one point.
French rider Oliver Peslier was a further point away in third.
Dettori enjoyed the best possible start with victory in the first of the three races on short-priced favourite Noble Boy.
He finished third in the other two legs on Super Splendid and Kindred Spirits.
Dettori said: "It was a good thing I was on the hot favourite because you need at least one winner.
"But it was all down to luck and the real business starts on Sunday."
