Frankie Dettori has done it again. The pocket Italian is no stranger to writing his own headlines and in what is his final year riding and his last Royal Ascot – he’s only gone and won the Gold Cup.
Courage Mon Ami Gives Frankie A Fairytale Ninth Ascot Gold Cup Win
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but really, let’s be honest, of course Frankie Dettori was going to win the Ascot Gold Cup in what was his final ride in the race. This is exactly the kind of thing he’s been doing his entire career.
The popular 52 year-old jockey has taken the sport of horse racing to new levels over the last 30 years and in the modern era there is arguably no bigger player.
He been responsible for many headlines (good and bad) over the years, with one of the highs, of course, his ‘magnificent 7’ wins at Ascot back in 1996 at a non-Royal meeting.
While, since grabbing his first Royal Ascot win 1990, he’s racked up 79 winners (and counting) with the most recent of those in the biggest race at the meeting this Thursday – the Ascot Gold Cup.
Dettori has also been top rider at Royal Ascot 7 times.
Dettori Was Riding In His Last Ever Gold Cup
Frankie, who is retiring from the saddle at the end of this year, is riding in his last ever Royal Ascot and having already won the Queen’s Vase on Wednesday with Gregory managed to win the ‘big one’ – the Gold Cup on Thursday. A race he’s won now 9 times!
It was his old pal John Gosden, who has already provided Frankie with three Gold Cups on Stradivarius, that jocked him up on the lightly-raced COURAGE MON AMI.
The horse, who is still unbeaten from 4 runs, was sent off as 15/2 and despite those odds would have had a weight of Frankie punters backing him both on the track and off course. It looked like the favourite Coltrane was going to win after taking it up with a few furlongs to go, but Frankie’s horse lived up to its name to show plenty of ‘courage’ to battle past the long-time leader and win by 3/4 of a length.
Has there been a more lightly-raced Ascot Gold Cup winner? With just three previous runs, probably not.
The famous Frankie ‘flying dismount’ followed to the backdrop of the loudest cheer the Ascot track has heard in decades. For racegoers, it really was a “I was there” moment and one that is now cemeted in the Royal Ascot history books forever.
With 9 Gold Cup wins you’d also think that Frankie would be the all-time winning jockey in the race – wrong. This title in goes to a certain Lester Piggott (11 wins), who wasn’t a bad jockey either.
Maybe Frankie will come out of retirement to try and bag three more Gold Cups to take the title – here’s hoping!
🏆 @FrankieDettori WINS HIS FINAL EVER GOLD CUP!
Courage Mon Ami has enough left in the tank to carry the King of Ascot to Glory!#ITVRacing | #RoyalAscot | #GoldCup pic.twitter.com/1zTGIWS2Hh
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) June 22, 2023
Frankie Dettori’s Nine Ascot Gold Cup Winners
See below the list of Frankie Dettori’s 9 Ascot Gold Cup wins
- 1992 Drum Taps
- 1993 Drum Taps
- 1998 Kayf Tara
- 2004 Papineau
- 2012 Colour Vision
- 2018 Stradivarius
- 2017 Stradivarius
- 2016 Stradivarius
- 2023 Courage Mon Ami
Frankie Dettori’s Royal Ascot Winners (correct 22nd June 23)
- 1990: Queen Anne Stakes MARKOFDISTINCTION
- 1992: Gold Cup DRUM TAPS
- 1993: Gold Cup DRUM TAPS
- 1994: Duke Of Edinburgh Handicap MASTER CHARLIE
- 1994: King’s Stand Stakes LOCHSONG
- 1995: Ribblesdale Stakes PHANTOM GOLD
- 1995: Norfolk Stakes LUCKY LIONEL
- 1995: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes SO FACTUAL
- 1997: Queen Anne Stakes ALLIED FORCES
- 1997: St James’s Palace Stakes STARBOROUGH
- 1997: Chesham Stakes CENTRAL PARK
- 1997: King George V Handicap HERITAGE
- 1998: Queen Anne Stakes INTIKHAB
- 1998: Britannia Handicap PLAN-B
- 1998: Queen Mary Stakes BINT ALLAYL
- 1998: Ribblesdale Stakes BAHR
- 1998: Gold Cup KAYF TARA
- 1998: Chesham Stakes RHAPSODIST
- 1998: Queen Alexandra Stakes DOVEDON STAR
- 1999: Ascot Stakes HIGH AND MIGHTY
- 1999: Ribblesdale Stakes FAIRY QUEEN
- 1999: Norfolk Stakes WARM HEART
- 1999: King Edward VII Stakes MUTAFAWEQ
- 2001: Prince Of Wales’s Stakes FANTASTIC LIGHT
- 2001: Royal Hunt Cup SURPRISE ENCOUNTER
- 2001: Chesham Stakes SEBA
- 2002: Prince Of Wales’s Stakes GRANDERA
- 2002: Queen’s Vase MAMOOL
- 2003: Queen Anne Stakes DUBAI DESTINATION
- 2003: Sandringham Handicap HOLD TO RANSOM
- 2003: Wokingham Handicap RATIO
- 2004: Queen Anne Stakes REFUSE TO BEND
- 2004: Jersey Stakes KHELEYF
- 2004: Ribblesdale Stakes PUNCTILIOUS
- 2004: Gold Cup PAPINEAU
- 2004: Queen’s Vase DUKE OF VENICE
- 2004: Hardwicke Stakes DOYEN
- 2006: Albany Stakes SANDER CAMILLO
- 2007: Queen Anne Stakes RAMONTI
- 2008: King Edward VII Stakes CAMPANOLOGIST
- 2009: Ribblesdale Stakes FLYING CLOUD
- 2010: Royal Hunt Cup INVISIBLE MAN
- 2010: Ribblesdale Stakes HIBAAYEB
- 2010: King Edward VII Stakes MONTEROSSO
- 2011: Prince Of Wales’s Stakes REWILDING
- 2012: Gold Cup COLOUR VISION
- 2012: Chesham Stakes THA’IR
- 2014: Coventry Stakes THE WOW SIGNAL
- 2014: Norfolk Stakes BAITHA ALGA
- 2015: Sandringham Handicap OSAILA
- 2015: Hampton Court Stakes TIME TEST
- 2015: Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes UNDRAFTED
- 2016: St James’s Palace Stakes GALILEO GOLD
- 2016: Queen Mary Stakes LADY AURELIA
- 2016: Sandringham Handicap PERSUASIVE
- 2016: King Edward VII Stakes ACROSS THE STARS
- 2018: Coventry Stakes CALYX
- 2018: St James’s Palace Stakes WITHOUT PAROLE
- 2018: Wolferton Stakes MONARCHS GLEN
- 2018: Gold Cup STRADIVARIUS
- 2019: Queen Mary Stakes RAFFLE PRIZE
- 2019: Prince Of Wales’s Stakes CRYSTAL OCEAN
- 2019: Norfolk Stakes A’ALI
- 2019: Hampton Court Stakes SANGARIUS
- 2019: Ribblesdale Stakes STAR CATCHER
- 2019: Gold Cup STRADIVARIUS
- 2019: Commonwealth Cup ADVERTISE
- 2020: Ribblesdale Stakes FRANKLY DARLING
- 2020: Gold Cup STRADIVARIUS
- 2020: Hardwicke Stakes FANNY LOGAN
- 2020: Queen Mary Stakes CAMPANELLE
- 2020: Coronation Stakes ALPINE STAR
- 2020: St James’s Palace Stakes PALACE PIER
- 2021: Queen Anne Stakes PALACE PIER
- 2021: Duke Of Cambridge Stakes INDIE ANGEL
- 2021: Commonwealth Cup CAMPANELLE
- 2022: Coronation Stakes INSPIRAL
- 2023: Queen’s Vase GREGORY
- 2023: Gold Cup: Courage Mon Ami
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