[0] Racing: Frankie's back for the Best.Byline: DAVE MITCHELL '' James David Mitchell (born October 4, 1947 in Wichita Falls, Texas) better known as "Dave Mitchell" is an American radio personality and voice-over artist who has appeared on over 100 radio stations in Texas, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. FRANKIE DETTORI Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born December 15, 1970 in Milan) is a thoroughbred race horse jockey and celebrity. He is the son of Sardinian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. flew into Dubai yesterday, saying Best Of The Best has a great chance of landing the Dubai World Cup The Dubai World Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The race is operated through the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA) whose Chairman is Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, . Dettori scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. to a scintillating scin·til·late v. scin·til·lat·ed, scin·til·lat·ing, scin·til·lates v.intr. 1. To throw off sparks; flash. 2. To sparkle or shine. See Synonyms at flash. 3. win in the world's richest race last year on Dubai Millennium and his mount this time is a 7-4 joint-favourite. "Best Of The Bests is not Dubai Millennium yet and might never be, but he has got as good a chance as anybody on Saturday," said Dettori. He has a cracking book of rides on the big Nad Al Sheba card and Coral Eurobet's offer of 9-2 against him riding a winner does not seem at all generous. In addition to Best Of The Bests, Dettori rides the chief Godolphin Kentucky Derby hope Street Cry, China Visit and Fantastic Light. News of a foot and mouth outbreak in Co Louth virtually ensures Irish racing will not resume over Easter as planned. But sources close to the John Magnier-Michael Tabor operation denied there was any thought of transferring their top three-year-olds from Aidan O'Brien to Henry Cecil and Michael Stoute, so they could run in the English classics. |
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