FRANKIE DETTORI and John Gosden are back together – but will one of the legendary trainer horses give the Italian his best shot at victory?
Dettori has a few busy days ahead of him Gosden confirmed their 11-day ‘sabbatical’ is over†
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The jockey, 51, was riding early Tuesday morning at work at Emily Upjohn in Newmarket, in front of her ramp at the Irish Oaks.
Dettori starts his world tour with a ride on 9-4 Apache Spark in Kempton on Wednesday evening.
You wouldn’t expect Dettori to master a Class 4 runner in all weathers, but Apache Spark is owned by Marc Chan, Dettori’s big buddy.
The horse is currently second favorite behind George Boughey’s Kinta, which will be ridden by Will Buick.
Dettori really starts on Thursday at the head office.
He rides New Mandate in the Group 2 Prince of Wales’s Close Brothers Stakes.
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A 16-1 shot at the time of writing, New Mandate, also owned by Chan, seems to do it all.
Although Dettori rode the four-year-old gelding last time, they defeated Sir Busker in a listed race over a mile at Ascot.
That race is at 3.35am and at 4.10am Dettori and Gosden were able to team up again for their first winner.
Mighty Ulysses is the clear 13-8 favorite for listed Edmondson Hall Solicitors Sir Henry Cecil Stakes.
This son of Ulysses went just under a length to Coroebus at Royal Ascot and before that was a narrow loser against the progressive Whoputfiftyinyou.
After those two rides on Thursday, Dettori will start Friday at Hope You Can Run in the opening race at Newmarket before riding into the next outsider Knightswood.
If Mighty Ulysses doesn’t get the job done, you have to think Inspiral almost certainly will in the Falmouth Stakes.
The undefeated filly is the superstar every inch and has a 2-7 chance.
The Group 1 win is worth £140,000 for connections – but Frankie won’t appreciate returning aboard Gosden’s top horses.
After that race, it’s a hectic ride to the airport on Saturday for two rides in Belmont Park.
Godolphin’s With The Moonlight will run over 1m2f in the Invitational Stakes, while Nations Pride will take on Machete – a recent loser to Coral-Eclipse winner Vadeni – in the Derby Invitational later on the map.
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