Frankie Dettori will ride King Of Steel in Breeders’ Cup Turf just two weeks after all-time thriller on Champions Day
FRANKIE DETTORI will ride King Of Steel in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, it has been confirmed.
Amo Racing boss Kia Joorabchian told Sun Racing that the world’s most famous jockey will be reunited with the monster three-year-old in Santa Anita next Saturday.
AlamyThe dream team of Varian, Dettori and Joorabchian will team up again with King Of Steel in the Breeders’ Cup Turf[/caption]
The pair teamed up to land the Champion Stakes at Ascot last weekend in an all-time thriller.
Dettori fought back tears in the aftermath as the crowd broke out in song for what may have been his final race at the track.
But now the dust has settled, trainer Roger Varian has deemed the horse fit enough to make the journey to the States.
Dettori brought the house down with his astonishing last-to-first ride on the Derby runner up.
A rematch with his Epsom rival Auguste Rodin over that same 1m4f trip will now have punters glued to their TVs on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bookies make Aidan O’Brien’s star three-year-old a general 3-1 chance, along with co-fav and Juddmonte hero Mostahdaf.
King Of Steel was a 7s shot with plans still up in the air.
His price could contract now it’s been confirmed he will travel.
Dettori was banned for breaking whip rules on two of his Champions Day mounts.
He went one over the limit of six when riding Trawlerman to victory over Kyprios in the Long Distance Cup.
And he did the same when finishing second on Kinross in the Champion Sprint Stakes.
That has ruled him out of a money-spinning trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup.
Although it’s rumoured he could still pocket around £500,000 for appearing on I’m A Celeb, which is being filmed there.
Dettori’s ride on King Of Steel was perfect to a tee and now a repeat could see the colossal colt bag his second Group 1 in as many weeks.
Victory for Charlie Appleby’s Rebel Romance last year was worth more than £1.5million.
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