Leap of Faith av Frankie Dettori

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¿After all this time Frankie Dettori still ranks amongst the all-time greats of the sport¿ LESTER PIGGOTT¿An autobiography as gripping as any Dick Francis thriller¿ YORKSHIRE POST¿Endearingly honest¿ a fastpaced, funny autobiography¿ COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINELegendary jockey, Frankie Dettori, shares his remarkable life story in this astonishingly intimate autobiography.When Lanfranco ¿Frankie¿ Dettori arrived on British shores in 1985, aged just 14, he couldn¿t speak a word of English. Having left school just a year earlier and following in the footsteps of his father, he was eager to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey, willing to do everything it took to make it. This was his first, but certainly not his last, leap of faith.Despite his slight size, Frankie¿s impact upon the British racing scene was immediate and significant. Brimming with confidence, charisma and personality, and with what was clearly a precocious talent, in 1990 he became the first teenager since Lester Piggot to