If ever a man defined himself for eternity in one afternoon it was Lanfranco Oscar Dettori. The day in question was Saturday 28 September 1996, the venue Royal Ascot. The horses were Wall Street, Diffident, Mark of Esteem, Decorated Hero, Fatefully, Lochangel and Fujiyama Crest.

History remembers the event as Frankie’s ‘Magnificent Seven’. Rails bookies like Gary Wiltshire remember it for near-bankruptcy. And lucky punters remember it for the original accumulator odds of 25,095/1, or whatever slice of the action they could get.

Much has been written about Frankie’s unique sporting triumph, the manner in which he squeezed the most out of every ride, the way he triumphed almost instinctively on trips that were less than certain.