Frankie Dettori’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ | Autumn ’96
It’s 5:35pm on Saturday 28 September 1996. Fujiyama Crest had been friendless in the betting for the final race of Ascot’s Festival of Racing, opening at about 14/1 with the bookmakers. But that price had shortened dramatically over the course of the day. Sent off as the 2/1 favourite, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old had […]