Frankie Dettori is no stranger to adversity.
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Dettori will ride out the crisis
Dettori will ride out the crisis
- By Leslie Wilson Jr Racing & Special Features Writer
- Published: 14:11 December 19, 2012
He’s been in far worse situations that the one he finds himself in currently following the ban imposed by French Gallop for flouting drug-related rules.
In 2000 he survived a terrifying light place crash at Newmarket that killed the pilot and left Dettori with serious head injuries and a broken ankle after he was rescued from the wreckage by his close friend Ray Cochrane.
Many sportsmen would have rethought their careers after such a terrifying experience, but not Dettori, who said that at one point during the incident, he ‘felt he was going to die.’
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