Talking Horses: races moved for Dettori’s US send-offGet in touch: you can email Tony with your thoughts
Good morning from Ascot racecourse in Berkshire, where a crowd of up to 30,000 is expected to watch £4.1m in prize money find a new home over the course of six races on Champions Day this afternoon. They will also be hoping to see Frankie Dettori perform at least one flying dismount on what is, by his account at least, his last day as a jockey in Britain.
The sum total of racing fans who actually believe that this is so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye is dwindling by the day, as close associates of Dettori over the years queue up to suggest that he will be back before you know it. But everyone will play along with the narrative and nostalgia-fest because, in the end, it would take a very miserable soul to sit it out.
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