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Racing legend Frankie Dettori is a double winner on his likely last day at York

Sat 26 Aug

Frankie Dettori celebrates winning the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap on Absurde at York Racecourse. Photographs: Mike Egerton / PA wire

Sat 26 Aug 2023  @ 5:55pm
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Frankie Dettori enjoyed a double win on the Knavesmire on what could be his last day at York Racecourse.

Riding at his final Ebor meeting, the Italian’s logical likely winner was the Ralph Beckett-trained Kinross, a hugely consistent gelding Dettori has previously described as his ‘cash machine’ as he wins valuable prizes with such regularity.

The cash machine was in good working order as Kinross paid out once again in the Sky Bet City of York Stakes, winning by three quarters of a length in front of an appreciative Yorkshire crowd.

The dust had barely settled on that success when Dettori was then given the leg up on Willie Mullins’ Absurde in the meeting’s namesake race, the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap.

Dettori gained and regained the lead several times on the 7-1 shot in the final few furlongs as his mount locked horns with Live Your Dream and 5-2 favourite Sweet William.

In the final strides the race took on the film-script quality that has repeatedly appeared throughout Dettori’s final season and an Ebor triumph was added to a 2023 haul that so far includes the 2000 Guineas, the Oaks, the Gold Cup at Ascot and the Juddmonte International – a list of prizes any rider at their peak would be proud of.

Dettori, on the left, edges into a final victory
The famous victory jump

Dettori revelled in the atmosphere as he collected he trophy, posing for selfies and reflecting on his final Ebor experience.

He said: “This morning I woke up, I felt a little bit sad. I was a bit sentimental, I can’t explain, and I thought ‘god, if I can ride one more winner at the Ebor that would be great,” the jockey said.

“Kinross would be my banker because he doesn’t know how to run a bad race and I was drawn 24 on Willie Mullins’ horse, I thought that was asking the impossible.

“I pulled it off! Full credit to the horse and the trainer. It just worked out, what can I say?”


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