Frankie Dettori to ride in Leger Legends race

Frankie Dettori will have his first ride in Britain since 2023 having been signed up for this year’s Leger Legends race at Doncaster in September.

Dettori, 55, finally hung up his boots in February after taking some rides in Brazil following a spell in America.

The Leger Legends race, which has previously been won by the likes of Mick Kinane and Sir AP McCoy, has been moved to the Friday of the three-day St Leger Festival with this year being the milestone 250th running of the world’s oldest Classic.

Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Andrew Thornton, part of race committee, said: “He must be the biggest legend we’ve had so far. People on the street have heard of Frankie, it’s great to get him.

“He knows what the IJF (Injured Jockeys Fund) means to racing, he had his injuries like all of us but he knows the IJF is important whether you’ve had 20,000 rides or one. Frankie understands what it means and whatever money he can help raise he was happy to.

“He’s really appreciative of riding in the race and to have Frankie riding with the likes of Adam Kirby, Jimmy Quinn and Tom Scudamore is really good for the race.

“It’s the 250th St Leger this year so it should be a really great few days there.”