He might now be the old man of the weighing room at 51 but Frankie Dettori again showed that remains the grand master when making it a fourth victory in the Dubai World Cup on Country Grammer at Meydan.
It is 22 years since the Italian first won Dubai’s headliner with Dubai Millennium, followed Moon Ballad in 2003 and Electrocutionist in 2006, but his appetite for the occasion has not diminished.
He said: “It was so surreal when I hit the furlong pole and I knew I was going to win. I was like ‘wow’.
