PREPARING FOR HER DEBUT AT GLORIOUS GOODWOOD ELLA DETTORI ON HOW FATHER FRANKIE IS SPURRING HER ON
Jun 14, 2021
3 minutes
INTERVIEW: ROSALIND POWELL
Ella Dettori has a secret weapon up her sleeve as she prepares to compete in her first horse race at the Qatar Goodwood Festival in July: her father, Frankie.
The champion jockey has been on hand giving advice and guidance during her training and is more than keen to help.
“Well, he’s trying to,” says his 20-year-old daughter, the second eldest of his five children. “I find it very hard to take criticism from family members. I try to put to one side the fact he’s my dad and just listen to what he says.
“We bicker, as
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