Dettori fears challenge from the East

World Racing Series champion jockey Frankie Dettori fears the Japanese challenge as he prepares to travel to Hong Kong for Sunday’s Audemars Piguet QEII Cup, the second leg of this year’s championship.

Dettori will partner Grandera in the £1.4m (€2.2m) event and though he feels his mount is the best Godolphin have ever saddled for the race, he is wary of the considerable challenge from the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’.