Much of this season will revolve around the final season for one of the flats most flamboyant jockeys, Frankie Dettorri. Whilst not every one’s cup of tea, he has been hugely important as the front man of racing in many ways for quite some time, especially in an era when racing has often been getting a bad press. His interviews and flying dismounts have bought much needed colour and fun to a sport that often lacks real characters to front it up. Just look at the contrast to a Frankie Group 1 compared to that of a Ryan Moore one.
Most Jockeys announce their retirement a few days before or even after their last ride. Not Frankie, he has announced it basically a full season in advance, is off on a world tour of riding, and we should appreciate him this season, as we don’t really have another character to fill his boots.
In terms of the equine stars, Derby Winner Desert Crown is due to return as a four year old after a curtailed 3 year old campaign, and will cross swords with Adayar, Stradivarius has retired, but we have a potential star to fill his shoes in Kyprios, whilst Trueshan will serve it up to the best if he gets soft ground in the Cup races along with Sujectivist. Sadly Kyprios is going to miss the early part of the season, having picked up a joint injury.
The star at Meydan was Japanese trained Equinox who romped home in the Dubai Sheema Classic. It would be great to see him in Europe this season, and certainly the Arc is a possibility, though connections have already warned that soft ground would rule him out. Therefore I would love to see him at Royal Ascot but that is unlikely.
Cod’s dick has ruled his head with the pick of Miss Yvonne and Theonewedreamof.
Again, up and coming trainers are represented by James Ferguson and George Boughey and Godolphin representation is very strong. We have a total of 105 different horses, of which 34 are covered here. Enjoy the read and good luck to all
The Editor
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