DOB: 15.12.1970 Main trainer: Saeed bin Suroor Derby best: 2nd (Tamure 1995) Oaks wins: 3 (Ballanchine 1994, Moonshell 1995, Kazzia 2002)

Frankie Dettori is a racing superstar with one thing missing from his CV - an Epsom Derby victory.

The Italian-born jockey has become a firm crowd favourite for his ability in the saddle and flying dismounts.

But the premier colts' Classic has so far eluded him in nine attempts.

Dettori captured the attention of people all over the world by riding every winner on a seven-race card at Ascot on 28 September, 1996.

His magnificent seven cleaned out the bookies, and even halted BBC Grandstand's Final score as the cameras showed live coverage of his success.

Little wonder then that punters latch on to Dettori's horses - the so-called Frankie Factor.

The jockey has suffered his share of traumas, missing the 2000 Derby as he recovered from injuries sustained in a plane crash which killed the pilot.

Yet he savoured several big-race successes in 2001, most notably when Sakhee claimed the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

That victory was the jockey's 100th career Group One win, a haul which included the Coronation Cup on Mutafaweq at the Epsom Derby meeting earlier in the year.