Frankie Dettori eyes ending Melbourne Cup drought

By Adam Pengilly
Updated August 28 2015 - 10:13am, first published August 22 2015 - 6:55pm
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup  during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup  during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup  during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup  during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Melbourne Cup-bound: Frankie Dettori smiling after he rode in his last Emirates Melbourne Cup during 2012 Melbourne Cup Day. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Winner:  Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner: Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner:  Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner: Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner:  Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner: Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner:  Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst
Winner: Frankie Dettori riding Max Dynamite celebrates winning The Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup at York. Photo: Alan Crowhurst

The trademark star jump dismount was back. And when Frankie Dettori returns to terra firma he might have landed in Melbourne again.

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