(CNN)Frankie Dettori’s flamboyant flying dismount has become a trademark, but the veteran Italian jockey says he’s become a “slave” to the jump of jubilation after riding a winner.
The showpiece celebration, which he admits he acquired from a rider in the US, has helped make the colorful 47-year-old a crowd favorite at tracks around the world.
But Dettori, one of racing’s most successful jockeys, says the legendary leap took a while to gain acceptance.
