FRANKIE DETTORI is on a ‘starvation’ diet in a bid to make an extreme weight below what he previously called his ‘bare minimum’.
The world’s most famous jockey has been overlooked for two huge rides worth a combined £3.2million in Dubai on Saturday.
But he will aim to kick off his World Cup card with victory on Charlie Appleby’s Star Of Mystery in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint.
The three-year-old filly is 3-1 favourite to land the £685,000 prize but Dettori will have to make the miniscule 8st 5lb weight.
This is the total weight the horse will carry including jockey and all equipment.
His former British rivals Jim Crowley and Richard Kingscote have far easier jobs making the 9st 4lb their respective mounts, Danyah and Diligent Harry, must carry.
Dettori, 53, now based in the US after his retirement U-turn at the end of last year, said …