Frankie Dettori

BACK BENNE FOR GLORY

By Nick Grant, Press Association Sport THURSDAY'S SELECTIONS: DUNDALK: 5.45 Buaiteoir, 6.15 Fandango Boy, 6.45 Giant Slalom, 7.15 Jaamid, 7.45 Hampstead Heath, 8.15 Accompanist, 8.45 Murtagh, 9.15 Tarkari KEMPTON: 4.00 Irish...

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South Africa: Most Eyes Will Be On Celebrity Jockey Dettori

FRANKIE Dettori, the Tiger Woods of the racing world, will get the same rapturous reception the golf supremo has become used to if he wins one of the four International Challenge races at Turffontein tomorrow.

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Cartier Awards: John Oxx a superb ambassador for horse racing

Rarely are the racing fraternity agreed on anything, but John Oxx's selection as this year's winner of the Cartier/Daily Telegraph Award of Merit was unanimously applauded as the most appropriate for the trainer's handling of...

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Gino D'Acampo is cooking up storm in I'm A Celebrity

What a disappointing line-up for I'm A Celebrity - Jordan, nine Z-listers, and two Z-lifters. After just three nights it's too early to say who the winner will be but if it's not Gino D'Acampo I'm giving up gambling. Cookery's...

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No Getting Out of the Saddle for Captain

Anton Marcus — Captain of the SA side that will take on Europe in the International Challenge at Turffontein on Saturday - reckons that Proteas skipper Graeme Smith has an easier life than him. "While the international guys are...

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Godolphin's Passion For Gold storms into Derby reckoning

Godolphin's stranglehold over the end of the Flat season extended to France as Passion For Gold entered the Derby picture by strolling to victory in the Criterium de Saint-Cloud. Saeed bin Suroor's string have ended the season...

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Lord Steinberg: bookmaker

Although bookmakers tend to ensure that they come out on top, few turf accountants garner as much success, and wealth, as Leonard Steinberg. Stanley Leisure, the company he founded, became the fourth largest bookmaker in the...

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Bank on local knowledge when betting at the Breeders' Cup

• European jockeys caught out round tricky Santa Anita track • Ryan Moore among the riders not at their best last weekend One well-known high street bank repeatedly tells us that it never underestimates the importance of local...

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Tylicki lands new job with Glover

• Champion apprentice agrees to join Jeremy Glover • In-demand rider flies to US this week to work on skills Frederik Tylicki yesterday signed off from a busy year in Britain with a winner at Wolverhampton and a new job. The...

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Zen puts men in their place

Racing chiefs trotted out all the superlatives to describe history-maker Zenyatta after she stormed to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic - a 14th straight win for the great mare. Zenyatta, probably featuring in her last race...

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