Dettori savors first graded win at Keeneland

There are few things acclaimed international jockey Frankie Dettori hasn’t accomplished in his career. He checked one off the list Saturday at Keeneland and is hoping for another in a few weeks at Churchill Downs.

Dettori won his first graded stakes race at Keeneland on Saturday, piloting Beaute Cachee to a front-running 25-1 upset in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley. Dettori’s only previous stakes win at Keeneland, at any level, came when he was in town for the 2015 Breeders’ Cup and rode Sheikh of Sheikhs to a win in the Juvenile Dirt Sprint on the undercard.

“Of course Keeneland is a very important meet,” Dettori said. “I’ve had a couple of winners here in the past, but not as big as this one.”

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Dettori is still seeking a mount for the Kentucky Derby, less than three weeks away.

“We have three weeks until the Kentucky Derby, and I’m trying to sell myself to Kentucky people for the meeting coming ahead,” Dettori said.

Dettori has only ridden in one Kentucky Derby, finishing sixth in 2000 on China Visit.

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