Frankie Dettori was narrowly denied a lucrative win in the world’s richest horse race in his retirement year on Saturday by the trainer known as ‘the man in the hat’.
The Italian finished strongly but just too late on Country Grammer who was beaten into second place, three quarters of a length behind Japanese horse Panthalassa, trained by Yoshito Yahagi in the £16 million Saudi Cup.
“He ran a super race,” said Dettori who had to settle for a share of £2.9 million second prize-money on last year’s Dubai World Cup winner.
