Frankie Dettori

Frankie Dettori is a world-renowned jockey, widely regarded as one of sports' biggest characters due to his charismatic and unique personality. Frankie is one of the sports most successful flat racing jockeys of all time, and continues to ride regular winners at the highest level of racing. With a humorous and witty personality, Frankie is a greatly popular horse racing speaker, who has the ability to inspire and motivate his audiences wherever he goes. As well as leaving a positive impression, Frankie is also an expert in peak performance and maintaining focus under pressure, essential topics for corporate audiences.

His professional career as a jockey started by becoming an apprentice for trainer Luca Cumani in 1985. Given a chance to showcase his natural abilities, he was soon breaking records and became the first teenager since Lester Piggott to ride over 100 winners in a single flat season. As his career continued to thrive, he achieved remarkable success in 1996 by winning all seven races on the Champions Day card at Ascot. A respected figure throughout the sporting community, Frankie was selected to become a retained jockey for racing powerhouse, Godolphi, a role which he continued to fulfil until 2012. Throughout his inspirational career, Frankie has gained the opportunity to ride some of the most famous horses of all time, including winners such as Enable, Galileo Gold, Sharmadal, and Stradivarius.

In total, Frankie has won six St Leger’s, four Oaks, 2 Epsom Derby, three 1000 Guineas and three 2000 Guineas - in doing so, he has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. Frankie has won each of the five British Classics on multiple occasions, showcasing just how talented he is as a jockey, but also how well-respected he is within the horse racing world. Having won nearly every race in Britain, Frankie will forever be known as one of the most successful jockeys of all time. Expanding his reach, he has won some of the world’s most prestigious races too, including the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on six occasions, the Breeders’ Cup Classic once and the Irish Oaks on five times.

An admired sporting legend, Frankie Dettori MBE is now highly sought-after to attend speaking engagements internationally. In recognition of his illustrious career, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades throughout his career, including winning the Derby Award for a consecutive three years, and was honoured with an MBE in 2000 for his services to sports. Alongside this, Frankie has graced our televisions numerous times as a celebrity guest on shows such as A Question of Sport, and as a contestant on the 2023 series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! Admired for his mental and physical resilience working within a wide range of high-pressure situations, his powerful presence at events is truly unmatched. When looking to hire a motivational sports speaker, look no further than Frankie today.