Hailed as the next Frankie Dettori, Italian Marco Ghiani, the season’s leading apprentice, is already justifying that flattering comparison.
With a first Royal Ascot winner now in the bag and a first treble at Newmarket on Saturday, Ghiani is clearly going places – fast. “I have some nice rides at Glorious Goodwood,” he said. “On Tuesday I ride Gellhorn for my boss Stuart Williams. “The following day I have Hugo Palmer’s Brunnera and, hopefully, something for Saeed Bin Suroor on Friday.” Like Dettori, Ghiani hails from Sardinia and both began their careers under the guidance of Luca Cumani, another Italian.
Unlike Dettori, the son of crack Italian rider Gianfranco, successful in back-to-back 2000 Guineas, Ghiani’s family is more familiar
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