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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Kia Joorabchian books Frankie Dettori to try to turn fortunes around in big race
The Amo Racing supremo has admitted enduring a disappointing 2025 so far and is pinning his hopes on the Adrian Murray-trained Tiberius Thunder at Saratoga Kia Joorabchian has booked Frankie Dettori to try to turn his 2025 fortunes around. The Amo Racing supremo has endured a disappointing year to date with his team's biggest success so far coming from Commonwealth Cup runner-up Arizona Blaze in a Group 2 race this month. Joorabchian, who has ambitions to challenge racing superpowers Coolmore and Godolphin, has been a major buyer at the thoroughbred sales. In June on the eve of Royal Ascot he spent £2 million to acquire Ghostwriter who finished third in the Hardwicke Stakes on his debut for Amo Racing but was withdrawn before his next appearance after getting upset and injuring himself in the preliminaries. Ghostwriter has since been switched from trainer Clive Cox to Freemason Lodge in Newmarket, the former Sir Michael Stoute yard now owned by Amo Racing. Kevin Philippart de Foy took over training at the stables in July as Amo's number one trainer. Joorabchian owned up to the struggles after Arizona Blaze's win at the Curragh under David Egan for trainer Adrian Murray in an interview with RacingTV. He said: 'It's been unfortunate. We've had a lot of bad luck this year. Right before Royal Ascot we had a couple of our bigger two-year-olds get injured. We really haven't seen the majority of our horses come out yet. Don't miss a FREE £2 William Hill shop bet inside your Mirror every day of Glorious Goodwood Festival Pick up your Mirror every day of the Goodwood festival to get your hands on 12 page pullouts packed with insight from the punters you trust, plus FREE William Hill shop bets every day of the festival from Tuesday July 29 until Saturday August 2, 2025. Find out more here. 'We've got our trainer in Freemason now. He's only just started and we are very lucky to have him. It was really the missing piece of the puzzle for us. 'Going forward now the team is getting more together. David is doing an incredible job with us and he's extended. We are looking forward to the next 18 months being somewhat more successful than the last five.' On Saturday Amo Racing are set to be represented by Tiberius Thunder in the £550,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational at Saratoga. The three-year-old colt, trained by Murray, finished fourth in the Hampton Court Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. The mount will be taken by Frankie Dettori, who rode his last winner in Britain before he relocated to the US on Amo Racing star King Of Steel when he captured the Champion Stakes at Ascot in 2023. Murray told Mirror Racing: 'We always try to get the best available and when you go over there it helps to have someone who knows the track. 'Tiberius Thunder was one of five or six to run really good races at Royal Ascot. He's a fair horse and we think he has a big chance.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Breeders' Cup Winner Nobals, Frankie Dettori Headline Hawthorne Turf Stakes
Breeders' Cup Winner Nobals, Frankie Dettori Headline Hawthorne Turf Stakes originally appeared on Paulick Report. Top turf sprinters will be the focus on Sunday at Hawthorne as a pair of $100,000 stakes events will take place at 5 ½ furlongs on the turf in Stickney, Ill. The 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint Champion Nobals headlines the Robert S. Molaro Memorial for the boys, while Frankie Dettori is set to ride for trainer Wesley Ward in the Lady Carey Turf Molaro goes as race six on the Sunday card with a 5:30 PM Central post time. The field of seven is led by 4-5 morning line favorite Nobals for owner Patricia's Hope LLC of Vince Foglia and trainer Larry Rivelli. A winner of 12 of 26 career starts for over $1.75 million, Nobals was the game winner of the 2023 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita. In eight starts since that Breeders' Cup score, Nobals has won a pair of races, including the Grade 2 Kennedy Road at Woodbine in November of 2024. In 2025 he posted runner-up performances in the Big Daddy at Turfway and the Karl Boyes Stakes at Presque Isle. Jareth Loveberry has the mount aboard Nobals on Sunday. Also, from the Rivelli barn is Uncashed, as the 9-2 second choice with Walter Rodriguez in the saddle. With over $300,000 in lifetime earnings, Uncashed has won nine times from 18 career starts, including winning three of four on the Hawthorne main track. Race eight Sunday is the second running of the Lady Carey Turf Sprint as a full, competitive, field of fillies and mares will line up. Champion jockey Frankie Dettori is slated to ride 7-2 morning line favorite Saturday Flirt for owner Mrs. Fitriani Hay and trainer Wesley Ward. The lightly raced three-year-old filly has won three of four career starts, most recently scoring in the Soaring Softly Stakes at Saratoga in her most recent start. If shifted to the main track, Ward and Dettori may shift their focus to main track only entrant and stakes winner Rivelli sends out a trio in the Lady Carey of Foxxy Cleopatra, Rich City Girl, and Shezafunkydrummer. All accomplished runners, Foxxy Cleopatra has won three of six lifetime starts, including her last two in turf sprints. Rich City Girl won in her only turf try at Kentucky Downs last fall and most recently took the Goldfinch at Prairie Meadows in her most recent start. Shezafunkydrummer earned over $250,000 during her juvenile campaign and is slated to make her 2025 debut in the Lady Brisset sends out B G Warrior with Marcelino Pedroza, Jr. slated to ride. With earnings of over $500,000, B G Warrior comes off a solid second-place performance in the Clarksville Handicap on the turf at Horseshoe Indianapolis in her most recent start. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
Powys County Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Dettori to ride at Ascot again in the future? ‘Never say never'
Frankie Dettori has not ruled out riding at Royal Ascot again at some point in the future, as he attended the opening day of the 2025 meeting as a spectator. The 54-year-old left the UK riding ranks in 2023 when he initially announced his retirement only to reverse that decision and begin a new life in America. Speaking to ITV Racing, the Italian said: 'I'm good, I flew here on Sunday after riding in Kentucky, it's my daughter's birthday, you know I love Royal Ascot. 'I still have the little devil in my ear saying 'one more time'. When I was driving here I was thinking how I missed it so much. 'Never say never, at the moment I didn't think it was appropriate to do it but who knows in the future. It's nice to be here and it's amazing racing through the week. 'I've got a different vibe today as I'm usually stressed out thinking about the racing but I'm seeing it from the other side of the fence. 'I'm all good at the moment, but there's a little tear in my eye that I'm not riding. Never say never! 'America is a new challenge to me, it's all new and at this stage of my career I'm having to prove myself again, it's a new experience'
Telegraph
17-06-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Frankie Dettori shrugs off bankruptcy to eye Royal Ascot return aged 54
Frankie Dettori hinted at a shock Royal Ascot return as he made his most high-profile public appearance in the UK since filing for bankruptcy. The record-breaking Flat jockey, who has ridden more than 3,500 career winners, was in good spirits despite long-running battles with HM Revenue and Customs. Having filed for bankruptcy in March amid a tax avoidance dispute, Dettori admitted he was now pining after a return to the venue where he achieved immortality in racing. Dettori famously rode a ' Magnificent Seven ' of all winners on the card at Ascot in September 1996 at odds of more than 25,000-1. In 2023, he abandoned plans to retire, announcing he would continue his career in the United States. Now, speaking to ITV Racing as he watched the opening day's action, he admitted a return to UK racing could be a possibility. 'I still have the little devil in my ear saying 'one more time',' he said. Dettori filed for bankruptcy three months after losing a court bid to retain anonymity in a battle with HMRC. The 54-year-old had already left the UK riding ranks in 2023 to begin a new life in America. He told ITV Racing: 'I'm good, I flew here on Sunday after riding in Kentucky, it's my daughter's birthday, you know I love Royal Ascot.... When I was driving here I was thinking how I missed it so much. 'Never say never. At the moment I didn't think it was appropriate to do it but who knows in the future. It's nice to be here and it's amazing racing through the week. 'I've got a different vibe today as I'm usually stressed out thinking about the racing but I'm seeing it from the other side of the fence.' In December, papers were republished by the upper tribunal of the Royal Courts of Justice naming Dettori after his attempts to secure anonymity in his battle with HMRC were thrown out. The alleged tax avoidance scheme was originally devised by Paul Baxendale-Walker, who is described by Tax Policy Associates as 'probably the UK's most notorious tax avoidance scheme promoter'. Dettori joined a string of high-profile names to face huge backdated bills over investments in companies that HMRC accuses of being deliberately set up for sheltering clients from tax. The Italian has generated almost £160 million in career earnings and is placed in the top 50 highest-earning jockeys in the world.
South Wales Guardian
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Dettori to ride at Ascot again in the future? ‘Never say never'
Frankie Dettori was in attendance at Royal Ascot (John Walton/PA) This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Frankie Dettori has not ruled out riding at Royal Ascot again at some point in the future, as he attended the opening day of the 2025 meeting as a spectator. The 54-year-old left the UK riding ranks in 2023 when he initially announced his retirement only to reverse that decision and begin a new life in America. Speaking to ITV Racing, the Italian said: 'I'm good, I flew here on Sunday after riding in Kentucky, it's my daughter's birthday, you know I love Royal Ascot. 'I still have the little devil in my ear saying 'one more time'. When I was driving here I was thinking how I missed it so much. 'Never say never, at the moment I didn't think it was appropriate to do it but who knows in the future. It's nice to be here and it's amazing racing through the week. 'I've got a different vibe today as I'm usually stressed out thinking about the racing but I'm seeing it from the other side of the fence. 'I'm all good at the moment, but there's a little tear in my eye that I'm not riding. Never say never! 'America is a new challenge to me, it's all new and at this stage of my career I'm having to prove myself again, it's a new experience'
