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Frankie Dettori and the unforgettable ‘Magnificent Seven’

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Frankie Dettori and the unforgettable ‘Magnificent Seven’

Frankie Dettori won seven races in seven rides on the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes day at Ascot in 1996. The feat was a record for a jockey and was unmatched. Frankie Dittori is retiring at the end of 2023.  The cumulative SP odds for anyone who had the good fortune to back the winners were 25,095-1. Willie Carson had gone close with six winners from seven ride at Newcastle in 1990. He won the Cumberland Lodge Stake on Wall Street (2-2), Diffident (12-3), Fatefully (7-4), and Lochangel (5/4).

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