Racing: Injured Dettori Out Of Royal Ascot

LONDON, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jun, 2017 ) - Leading jockey Frankie Dettori said Tuesday he had been ruled out of this week's Royal Ascot meeting with an arm injury. "I've been trying so hard to get fit for today but had to accept this morning it wasn't going to happen," Dettori said in a statement to Ascot racecourse.

"I've got to have physio and get it properly looked after so won't be at Ascot this week. "For me that's soul-destroying as it's the most important week of the year. I'll be counting the days until next year," the 46-year-old added.

The British-based Italian rider sustained the injury in a paddock fall at Yarmouth, eastern England, last Tuesday but was passed fit to ride Shutter Speed in the French Oaks on Sunday.

But Dettori said the injury was still troubling him, meaning he will miss all five days of the Royal meeting, one of the highlights of the English racing Calendar, which starts on Tuesday.

He had four rides on the opening day alone, including favourite Lady Aurelia in the King's Stand Stakes. Three-times the champion jockey in Great Britain, Dettori's best-known achievement came at Ascot on September 28, 1996, when he won all seven races on that day's card at the Berkshire course, southwest of London.