Frankie Dettori’s cocaine revelations have caused many a ripple in racing – but the issue that really matters is the extent to which horses are doped with performance-enhancing drugs.
Full interview: Frankie Dettori talks for the first time following his six-month drugs ban, and tells Clare Balding why he used cocaine.
His confidence was shattered but he’s ready to come back – what Clare Balding makes of her exclusive interview with Britain’s most famous jockey, Frankie Dettori, in which he admits taking cocaine.
In a frank, exclusive interview about his own drug misdemeanours and future in horse racing, jockey Frankie Dettori says trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni – banned for doping horses – “ruined” his career.
Britain’s most famous jockey opens up to Clare Balding in an exclusive TV interview about why he took cocaine last year, leading to a six-month ban from horse racing.
“I paid a big price” – in an exclusive interview, Frankie Dettori admits to Clare Balding he took cocaine in a “moment of weakness”. Watch the preview here – in full on Channel 4 News, Thursday, 7pm.