Gianfranco Dettori (born 25 April 1941) is an Italian retired

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. Dettori was born in

Serramanna Serramanna, Serra Manna (wide range) in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about south of Sanluri. As of 31 December 2004 ...

, in what is now the

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. During his career, he won an Italian riding championship thirteen times. In addition to winning many major races in Italy, Dettori won in

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as well, capturing such races as the

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2,000 Guineas in 1975 and 1976, plus the Benson & Hedges Gold Cup and

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in 1976. He is the father of jockey

Frankie Dettori Lanfranco Dettori (; born 15 December 1970), better known as Frankie Dettori, is an Italian horse racing jockey based in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been British flat racing Champion Jockey three times and has ...

References

Profile of Gianfranco Dettori at the Serramanna commune website
(Italian language) 1941 births Living people People from the Province of South Sardinia Italian jockeys Sportspeople from Sardinia {{Horseracing-bio-stub