{"id":88892,"date":"2023-12-19T18:21:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88892"},"modified":"2023-12-19T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:21:38","slug":"former-top-jockey-says-frankie-dettori-insulted-me-with-comments-on-british-racing-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/former-top-jockey-says-frankie-dettori-insulted-me-with-comments-on-british-racing-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Former top jockey says Frankie Dettori 'insulted me' with comments on British racing | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRANKIE DETTORI left a former top jockey 'highly insulted' with his comments on the state of British racing.<\/p>\n

Legendary rider Dettori has turned his back on his adopted home country to continue his career in America.<\/p>\n


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The biggest name in the sport bowed out of Ascot in style with a thrilling last-to-first ride on King Of Steel at Champions Day in October.<\/p>\n

And previous wins in the 2000 Guineas and Ascot Gold Cup, among others this year, have seen him nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.<\/p>\n

But Dettori irked former jumps jockey David Crosse with his opinion on racing in Britain.<\/p>\n

Dettori famously came here from Italy as a 14-year-old with \u00a3300 to his name.<\/p>\n

But he said in one interview that, having his time again, he wouldn't choose to start out here.<\/p>\n

Dettori told the Racing Post: "If I was a young jockey now and my weight was good I wouldn't think twice to live here (Britain). Prestige doesn't pay bills.<\/p>\n

"Thirty years ago when I did it, it was different, but now the world of racing has passed us ten fold.<\/p>\n

"I'd go to America or Australia and start a career there."<\/p>\n

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But Crosse, who won the Kim Muir at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival on Nicky Henderson's Bushkeeper, couldn't believe what he had read.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Luck on Sunday, Crosse, when asked about Dettori's verdict on the state of British racing, said: "I was highly insulted with those comments.<\/p>\n

"To come out and say this country, which has made his career – and mine, I have only good things to say about it.<\/p>\n

"For Frankie to say that at the end of his career – it didn't leave a good taste in my mouth if I'm honest."<\/p>\n

Dettori went onto say in the article that he felt Britain was 'lacking massively compared to the rest of the world'.<\/p>\n

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