Frankie Dettori at Royal Ascot

With 77 Royal Ascot victories to his name, and hoping to add more in his final year, Frankie Dettori is the second most successful jockey ever at the Royal Meeting. A favourite with the crowd, who adore his charm, enthusiasm and trademark flying dismount, he will be much missed in the future. But for now, let’s remember some of his key Royal Ascot moments:

1987 - Frankie has his first Royal Ascot ride on Merle in the Royal Hunt Cup, finishing sixth

1990 - His first winner - Markofdistinction in the Queen Anne Stakes

1992 - First Gold Cup victory on Drum Taps

1994 - Guides Lochsong to an effortless victory in the King’s Stand Stakes

1995 - Frankie’s only Royal Ascot winner for Queen Elizabeth II - Phantom Gold in the Ribblesdale Stakes

1995 - So Factual wins the Cork & Orrery Stakes, Frankie’s first winner at the Royal Meeting for Godolphin

1997 - Leading rider at Royal Ascot for the first time. He also claims the title in 1998 and 1999

2000 - Frankie misses riding at Royal Ascot following a plane crash but is in attendance on crutches to see Dubai Millennium win the Prince of Wales’s Stakes

2001 - Back in the Royal Ascot Winners’ Enclosure on Fantastic Light in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes

2003 - Leading rider at the Royal Meeting again and also in 2004

2011 - Rewilding wins an epic renewal of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes beating So You Think

2015 - 50th Royal Ascot winner with Osaila in the Sandringham Stakes

2015 - Undrafted wins the Diamond Jubilee Stakes – a first winner for Wesley Ward

2016 - Lady Aurelia storms to victory in the Queen Mary Stakes

2019 - Leading rider for the first time since 2004 with seven winners over the week

2020 - Alpine Star wins the Coronation Stakes meaning Frankie has won all eight Group 1 races at Royal Ascot, a unique feat

2022 - Inspiral wins the Coronation Stakes, his most recent winner taking him to 77 in total

Other noticeable achievements:

- Second winning most jockey of all time at Royal Ascot with 77 winners – only behind Lester Piggott on 116

- Leading rider seven times at Royal Ascot

- Eight Gold Cup victories

- Most successful jockey in the Ribblesdale Stakes with eight victories

- Most successful jockey in the Queen Anne Stakes with seven victories

- Ridden a Royal Ascot winner in 27 separate years

Information correct before Royal Ascot 2023

Ascot Racecourse is giving a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the best turned out horse, and a prize of £300 to the lad or girl responsible for the winning horse.