KATIE DAVIS is going to call on the king of Ascot for advice ahead of Saturday’s Shergar Cup.
Top jock Davis, 33, will pick Frankie Dettori’s brain before riding for the Rest of the World at the team event, alongside Winx’s jockey Hugh Bowman and Hong Kong’s Karis Teetan.
Katie Davis attended a Shergar Cup media event at Ascot on Thursday
GettyShe will seek advice from Frankie Dettori before riding at Ascot[/caption]
Based in New York, she is one of the most successful female jockeys riding in America, while her profile received a major boost when she featured on the Netflix documentary Race For The Crown.
She has ridden abroad before, including in Saudi Arabia, but never in Britain so she will get help from the man who dominated Ascot during his legendary career in the UK.
She said: “Frankie said at least three times to me ‘when the entries come out Katie, you better call me, don’t you forget!’.
“We were both breezing horses with Wesley Ward at the time, so we’ll FaceTime before racing and he will help me analyse my rides and talk me through the track. Trust me, I’m here to win.
“He is the king of this place – he even has statues here. I did a Frankie dismount after riding a winner at Saratoga before, though I don’t think I’ll try it on Saturday.”
Davis’ family is engrained in American horse racing. Her dad, Robbie, was a hugely successful jockey, while her brother, Dylan, and husband, Trevor McCarthy, are also top riders.
She has made a big impact of her own over the last few years and has bagged several stakes wins in New York, and now she can’t wait to ride in the Shergar Cup for the first time.
Davis, who hopes to find some time to do some sight-seeing in London with her hubby, said: “My whole family is in racing. My dad was a jockey in the 80s and 90s and retired in 2003.
“He kept us very far from the sport and when he came he never talked about it, but as we got older when he started training we all got into it.
“I’ve won five or six stakes races this year and placed a lot in Graded stakes, but I’m looking for my first big one. It’s my goal this year and hopefully I’ll get there.
“Words can’t explain how much I am looking forward to the Shergar Cup. The track looks incredible, I will take it all in and enjoy it as much as I can.”
Each jockey is allotted five rides on the six race card, and Davis’ best chance will come on Andrew Balding’s Kensington Palace Stakes winner Miss Information in the Shergar Cup Mile.
Davis said: “I know Andrew Balding is one of the top trainers here. Miss Information won at Royal Ascot so I can’t wait to get on a horse with a really good chance.”
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