Frankie Dettori announces his retirement from horse racing at the end of 2023
Published: 13:50, 18 December 2022
Updated: 13:52, 18 December 2022
Horse racing legend Frankie Dettori has announced that he will be retiring at the end of 2023.
Since his first British winner as a 16-year-old apprentice on Lizzy Hare at Goodwood in 1987, the now 52-year-old has ridden more than 3,300 winners here.
In a video on his official Twitter page, he said he hoped the public would give him 'one last push'.
The Italian-born jockey, who is one of the most well-known faces of the sport, is remembered for his 'Magnificent Seven' wins at Ascot in 1996, where he took all the races on the card.
Off the track the three-time champion jockey also made the news, for example in 2000, he was saved by fellow jockey Ray Cochrane after the pair survived a plane crash at Newmarket which killed their pilot.
After hearing the announcement, people paid tribute to Dettori, including 20-time champion jump jockey, AP McCoy, who himself retired in 2015.
Frankie Dettori will ride his first race of his final season at Santa Anita, in California, on Boxing Day.