Frankie Dettori aiming for normal service at unusual Ascot

There will be plenty of very noticeable differences at Royal Ascot this year with the meeting taking place behind closed doors - but the sight of Frankie Dettori producing fireworks on the track will almost certainly not be one of them.
Frankie Dettori aiming for normal service at unusual Ascot
Frankie Dettori: "I’ve got two or three for Wesley Ward and Mark Johnston, but most are for John (Gosden). You go into Royal Ascot with lots of hopefuls and you just have to roll the dice and hope for the best. Once the stalls open, it’s business as usual."

There will be plenty of very noticeable differences at Royal Ascot this year with the meeting taking place behind closed doors - but the sight of Frankie Dettori producing fireworks on the track will almost certainly not be one of them.

With a book of rides to make him the envy of the weighing room, the popular Italian looks in a good place to bid for back-to-back leading jockey titles at a meeting that has yielded some of the greatest highlights of his glittering career.

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