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The online sale of 126 racing items from jockey Frankie Dettori's private collection–offered by Cheffins in Cambridge from July 5 through July 18–was highlighted by a trophy from his victory aboard Soul Sister in last month's Betfred Oaks. Likely his final career Classic victory, the signed trophy brought £5,000 from an undisclosed U.K. buyer.

Also sold were a pair of signed boots from a race in Saudi Arabia for £2,800, a signed racing saddle used by Dettori at Epsom for £1,400 and a set of the royal blue Godolphin silks which went for £4,600 to a buyer from Japan. Dettori's weighing scales, which were given to him by Steve Cauthen and which Dettori claims he has been “jumping on and off for over 30 years”, were sold for £550.

The 52-year-old, who retires at the end of this season, indicated some of the proceeds of the auction–which are estimated to total over £75,000–will go to the charity Direct Aid For Africa (Dafa), and some will go to his five children.

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Frankie Dettori will sell more than 120 pieces of memorabilia from his legendary career in an online auction through Cheffins in Cambridge starting on Wednesday, July 5 and continuing for two weeks. Dettori, who has been aboard more than 4,000 winners throughout his career, is set to retire from the saddle in November and says he is selling the items because his children have moved out of their family home and he his wife are scaling down in a move to be closer to London.

“I'm going to be 53 and I wanted to stop at the top,” Dettori said. “I still feel that I'm riding well enough to finish at the top. I think it's the right time. My heart doesn't want to stop but my brain is telling me to stop. It's not going to be easy. We're going to move away from Newmarket. Newmarket's been my life. We're scaling down and I've got so much stuff, we thought we might as well just auction it. I didn't realise because they end up in drawers, in cupboards, in the cellar. I mean they're all over the place. Now we're clearing up a lot of stuff we didn't realise how much accumulated in so many years.”

Among the items on offer are signed jockey weighing scales, which were gifted to Dettori by Steve Cauthen and which he claims he has been “jumping on and off for over thirty years”, and the trophy from his final win in the Oaks this year.

Part of the proceeds will go to the charity Direct Aid for Africa (DAFA), and some will go to Dettori's five children.

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