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00:00On this week's edition of First Things First,
00:02as a very smart lady, Sue Finlay once told me,
00:05you can't have enough Frankie.
00:08I caught up with Frankie Dettori
00:10and basically just wanted his plan moving forward
00:14for the rest of the year and asked him,
00:16where did that suntan come from?
00:17Oh, morning love, how are you?
00:26Morning Zoe, I'm good.
00:27Look, my office.
00:29It's fabulous, isn't it?
00:30What's not to like, right?
00:31You're looking pretty tan, where have you been?
00:33I've been to Cabo in Mexico for my wife's 50th birthday.
00:40Three of my kids came over from England,
00:42so we had a couple of days.
00:44Beautiful, we celebrated in style
00:46and yeah, what a lovely place.
00:48So life's treating you good.
00:49So what are your plans for the future?
00:51Everyone wants to know where Frankie's going.
00:53I gather you're going to Dubai.
00:54We just saw Newgate work, you look really good.
00:57Yeah, Bob keeps me well away from him.
01:00I don't think I, I never rode him in the mornings.
01:03As you know, he fulfilled one of my ambitions
01:06to win the big cap, so I love those dearly.
01:10Last year I thought it could have been my Kentucky Derby,
01:12I was unfortunately had an injury,
01:13but yeah, our system go, he's going to Dubai
01:16and yeah, looking forward to it.
01:20Yeah, I'm going to go next week.
01:23And then what are your plans for the summer?
01:26Then I come back here,
01:28it's the Santa Anita Derby, early April.
01:31Then I think we have a little bit of a break here,
01:33so possibly Ron Anderson, my agent,
01:36said that I could end up in Keeneland
01:39and you know, try to, really,
01:41I'm really trying to find those
01:42for the first Saturday of May.
01:44That's my main ambition.
01:48You know, a lot more racing coming up,
01:52good key pointers for the race.
01:56So I got to keep my eyes well peeled for that.
01:58And then we'll see in the summer,
02:02could be Del Mar or could be Saratoga.
02:06I'll leave that up to Ron Anderson, my agent,
02:08but you know, I'm fully committed
02:11to do the full season here, so.
02:13If you had a choice, Saratoga, Del Mar?
02:16I've never been to Del Mar.
02:18You've never been to Del Mar?
02:19No, I've been to Del Mar for the British Cup,
02:20but that's not different.
02:22So, you know, I'm very flexible.
02:25I traveled all my life and now it's just me and my wife,
02:29so we don't have the kids to worry about.
02:31So I'm whatever my agent sends me, I'll go.
02:35So I'm looking forward to explore
02:36and yeah, and enjoy myself, really.
02:39I'm really enjoying it.
02:42So far, it's going so really well
02:44and may long continue, Zoe.
02:46No regrets?
02:48No.
02:49What about this winter?
02:49Can we expect you back here this winter?
02:51I mean, are we planning another two or three tours
02:54of Frankie in Southern California?
02:56At the moment, I committed here.
02:58I'm going to see here, it's in the US.
03:01I have a three-year visa, so depends, you know,
03:06how my legs are keeping up.
03:08I have no plan to retire.
03:10I'm enjoying it and, you know, I can't see so far ahead
03:14at the moment, you know, my plan for this year
03:16and, you know, if things are going well,
03:18I'm going to carry on.
03:20Could you imagine even riding in the Derby,
03:22the Kentucky Derby?
03:23I did once in 2000.
03:26It was an amazing experience.
03:28And yeah, look, it is the race.
03:33It's the race that even people not in the sport
03:38are familiar with.
03:39So, you know, being in the lineup
03:42is like being a winner already.
03:45Then to have a horse with a chance, be even better.
03:49Yeah, that's my main goal at the moment.
03:51Has anyone called you from Europe, from England
03:54to try and get you to maybe go back
03:56for some of the big races there?
03:58At the moment, I can't see past Dubai
04:02or, you know, this summer here.
04:05So I have, you know, I'm focusing 100% in the US.
04:12I want to show everybody that I committed.
04:15I'm not going to start going back and forward.
04:17I'm happy here and yes, I don't want to lose the business.
04:20So I want to mainly stay and do the best I can here.
04:24Brilliant. Thanks, Frankie.
04:26Ciao.
04:32Always great to catch up with Frankie DeTore
04:35and he'll be back in action here this Friday
04:37at Santa Anita, one o'clock post time,
04:40Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
04:42Our fancy highlight race for this weekend
04:45is one of my favorite races.
04:47And that will be the San Luis Rey
04:48on Saturday at the Great Race Place.