Frankie Dettori: It's been crap this year - the crowds are why I've loved France
Julian Muscat discusses Enable, a mad year and Arc memories with the great rider
In The Godfather, Michael Corleone avenges an attempt on the life of his father, the mafia boss Vito, by slaying the man who commissioned the hit. Michael justifies himself with a line that has entered cinematic lore. "It's not personal," he says. "It's strictly business."
For Frankie Dettori at Longchamp on Sunday afternoon, it will be the other way round. The jockey in the business of winning big races has eyes on a seventh Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but this time it's personal. Very personal.
Should Enable reprise her Arc triumphs of 2017 and 2018, she will become the first horse to win the great race three times. How Dettori yearns for it.
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- 'It's tough financially and last year I said I might get a job driving a lorry instead - although to be fair I'd probably crash!'
- 'I'm not here to tell people how to train but if you hide something from me, I'm gone, I'm done - and you won't see me again'
- 'I had to fly back from Saudi on the day for the awards before flying back the following day but it really was a great evening'
- 'The lads often give out to me for saying what I say - but if I didn't say what I thought I wouldn't be being true to myself'
- 'All anyone wants is a pat on the back and these awards show you mean something to the yard and the people there. It's brilliant'