Frankie Dettori’s dream of riding in a horse race against his youngest son Rocco are set to go unfulfilled before he retires.
The legendary jockey has revealed that Rocco, who started riding in pony races aged 12, has become too big to follow his father into a career in the saddle.
“Rocco, in Covid, he went into the gym and he turned out to be a pretty robust guy, strong and muscly so unfortunately his career is gone somewhere else,” said Dettori. “He still loves his riding but he is way too big and too strong.”
