‘I won’t come back. I’ve achieved everything here’ says Frankie Dettori

After racing on Saturday, where the 5ft 4in Italian will again be the dominant figure at the QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot, he says he will not ride in Britain again.

Frankie Dettori poses at Ascot Racecourse on July 29, 2023 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

"There will be tears,” Frankie Dettori exclaims softly as, with tangled emotions, he looks towards his last day of racing in Britain on Saturday. “It’s going to be difficult, because it’s my last goodbye, really, and I will shed tears of sadness and happiness.

“I know it will be the last time I’ll be walking to the jockeys’ room at Ascot, which is my favourite track, and I’ll walk out with amazing memories. It won’t be easy to separate the emotions and the riding.”