Jockey Frankie Dettori has been fined $13,600 for “using the whip to excess” with 13 strikes on the winning Country Grammer in Saturday's $12 million Dubai World Cup, according to a stewards' report from the Emirates Racing Authority. The news was first publicized by Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
The report said: “Jockey L Dettori (COUNTRY GRAMMER (USA)) was fined AED 50,000 (US$13,600) under the provisions of ERA Rule 69B(a) for using the whip to excess, in that he used it on 13 occasions. In assessing the penalty Stewards noted that today's event was a Group 1 race worth US$12million and that he won the race.”
Trained by Bob Baffert for owner Amr Zendan (the same connections as Medina Spirit), Country Grammer earned the first-place prize of $7.5 million for his victory in the desert. Dettori's cut of that purse would be 10 percent, or $750,000.
Dettori previously captured the Dubai World Cup three times, on Dubai Millennium in 2000, Moon Ballad in 2003, and on Electrocutionist in 2006.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Racing Commentary.
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