Dettori Repeats as Longines World's Best Jockey

Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori will be recognized as the 2019 Longines World's Best Jockey during the gala dinner of the Longines Hong Kong International Races Dec. 6 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Since the award's inception in 2014, Dettori, the sole three-time recipient, earned the honors in 2015 and 2018.

The award, based upon performances in the 100 highest-rated Group 1 and Grade 1 races as established for the year (Dec. 1, 2018 – Nov. 30, 2019) by the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings Committee, assigns 12 points for a win, 6 points for placing second, and 4 points for placing third.

Dettori finished the year with a total of 102 points, Zac Purton took second with 88 points, while Hugh Bowman–the 2017 Longines World's Best Jockey-rounded out the top three with 86 points.

This season, Dettori won eight of the world's Top 100 Group or Grade 1 races aboard seven different horses. His qualifying victories are the G1 Prince of Wales's S. (Crystal Ocean), G1 Gold Cup (Stradivarius), G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Coronet), G1 Coral-Eclipse (Enable), G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Enable), G1 Qatar Sussex S. (Too Darn Hot), G1 William Hill St Leger S. (Logician), and G1 QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares S. (Star Catcher).

Complete standings are available at www.ifhaonline.org.