DOB: 15.12.1970 Main trainer: Saeed bin Suroor Royal Ascot wins: 28

Ascot has been a lucky course for racing superstar Frankie Dettori.

The Italian-born jockey 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 Royal Ascot meeting 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, notching up Dettori's 100th career Group One win.

And he has racked up another couple of Classic wins with Kazzia winning both the 1,000 Guineas and the Oaks, although the Derby continues to elude him.

Royal Ascot racegoers have seen a fair few of Dettori's trademark flying dismounts in recent years - he was top jockey three years in a row from 1997-1999, collecting seven winners in 1998.