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Frankie Dettori breaks ankle & misses Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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_70236860_70236859Frankie Dettori will miss the rest of the season after breaking his ankle in a fall at Nottingham on Wednesday.
The 42-year-old, who had been due to ride leading Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe contender Treve on Sunday, was unseated from his horse Eland Ally while heading to the start of the 15:00 BST race.
Initial on-course prognosis suggested he had suffered only soft-tissue damage but x-rays subsequently showed a break.
Dettori’s spokesman Peter Burrell said: “Sunday is out – as is the season.”
Mr Burrell added: “He was extremely disappointed on the phone and did not want to discuss it much more than that.”
The unbeaten Treve will now be ridden by Thierry Jarnet at Longchamp.
Jarnet rode the filly to victory on her first three races before she was sold to Dettori’s new boss, Sheikh Joaan Al Thani.
Trainer Criquette Head-Maarek said: “He [Jarnet] knows the filly very well and won the Prix de Diane (French Oaks at Chantilly) on her in June.
“It is bad luck for Frankie, but that is life in racing.”
In September, Dettori secured his first Group One winner since returning from his drugs ban when riding Treve to victory in the Qatar Prix Vermeille, also at Longchamp.
Dettori had been banned from racing for six months last December after testing positive for cocaine at Longchamp last year.
The British Flat season finishes on 9 November.


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