Dettori may miss Silver Cup after flight 'nightmare'

Frankie Dettori: has five rides booked on the Gold Cup day card at Ayr

  PICTURE: Edward Whitaker(racingpost.com/photos)  Dettori may miss Silver Cup after flight mix-up By Jon Lees 10:21AM 18 SEP 2010 FRANKIE DETTORI missed his flight to Scotland on Saturday morning but is still hoping to make it to Ayr, though he may have to miss his first ride on the card.

Dettori was at Stansted Airport in sufficient time but discovered when trying to board that he did not have an acceptable form of identification and will now travel up on a later flight.

RELATED LINKS Ayr Saturday card Ayr Gold Cup betting Silver Cup betting  "I've had a bit of a nightmare," he said. "I went to Stansted and queued up for my flight and found out you can't fly with your driving licence anymore, so I had to run back home. I've got to travel on another flight now but I might miss my first ride. I've got to go back to Stansted again.

 

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