After sitting out Newcastle's curtain-raising card on Monday, Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore both returned to action at Kempton on Tuesday, with each notching a winner.
Moore was victorious aboard The Queen's homebred 3-year-old colt First Receiver (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) for Sir Michael Stoute, while Dettori partnered Nat Rothschild's 3-year-old Galsworthy (GB) (Dansili {GB}) to break his maiden at the third time of asking for John Gosden.
Commenting after the return after nearly 12 weeks of lockdown, Dettori said, “It's good–I'm away from home. I think my wife is more pleased than me, I'll be honest with you.”
Dettori is gearing up to ride champion stayer Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in Friday's G1 Coronation Cup ahead of this weekend's G1 2000 and G1 1000 Guineas.
“It's all happening now,” Dettori said. “We usually have a stop-start season, but now it is full on. I hated [the break from racing] like everybody else. At the moment I've seen everything running smoothly and long may that continue. It is the start of sport–we are a non-contact sport and it's great we are able to start.”
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