Authorized's victory ended a long Derby wait for Dettori, 36, dating back to 1992.
Dettori, who has five children with wife Catherine, is one of the world's most successful jockeys.
Frankie Dettori then opened one of the bottles of bubbly and sprayed him Grand Prix style.
Dettori has been top jockey at Goodwood's July meeting on three occasions, most recently in 1999.
Little wonder then that punters latch on to Dettori's horses - the so-called Frankie Factor.
Dettori could escape without further punishment or face a maximum six-month worldwide ban from racing.
"This is Fujiyama Crest, " Dettori says, holding a feed bucket to the nose of an aging gelding.
Dettori admitted he could not believe that he had it in the bag when he hit the front.
It was a quiet festival for Dettori in 2002, and his only winner came on a non-Godolphin horse.
Champion jockey Dettori misses out after being handed a six-day ban by stewards at Lingfield for careless riding.
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He's also interviewed some great names including Andrew Flintoff, Nick Faldo, Frankie Dettori, Vinny Jones and Ellen MacArthur.
Frankie Dettori is under no illusions as to who's to credit for his win and the fame that's followed.
"I had to pinch myself to believe it had come true, " said Dettori.
Kieren Fallon won on Ouija Board while Frankie Dettori scored an unlikely success on Wilko in the Juvenile race.
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Italian-born Dettori failed the doping control after a meeting at the famous Longchamps race course in Paris on September 16.
France Galop said Dettori will have to undergo further drug testing from April 20 before he is allowed to return to racing.
Moonquake set out to make all the running under Frankie Dettori, but Moore kept pace and remained in the front three throughout.
He was odds-on to win a seventh championship despite controversy ahead of the 2004 turf season, but lost out to Frankie Dettori.
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The 41-year-old Dettori is one of the most recognizable figures in flat racing, winning the champion jockey's title three times in England.
He landed the post after successful spells with Luca Cumani and as understudy to Frankie Dettori at Godolphin and Michael Kinane at Ballydoyle.
And he has been given the nod to replace suspended Dettori on the team's runners for the five-day showpiece, which starts on Tuesday.
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EPSOM, England -- Frankie Dettori won the Epsom Derby at his 15th attempt on Saturday, partnering 5-4 favorite Authorized to a sizzling five-length triumph.
This is what has made international stars of big race jockeys like Frankie Dettori, Johnny Murtagh from Ireland and Christophe Soumillon from Belgium.
Dettori likes it so much that he teamed up with Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White to open a chain of family-friendly Italian restaurants.
Last month, Dettori's 18-year association with the Godolphin stable came to an end and he planned to ride next year as an unattached jockey.
The seventh winner, Fujiyama Crest, provides a daily reminder to Dettori of the occasion that turned him from a rising racing star to a riding phenomenon.
Those two jockeys were involved in a title battle for much of the season, which resulted in a rejuvenated Dettori breaking Fallon's stranglehold on the title.
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Yet he savoured several big-race successes in 2001, most notably when Sakhee claimed the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, notching up Dettori's 100th career Group One win.
For now, Frankie Dettori's ambitions still lie on the racecourse.
The Gold Cup was eventually re-run at the end of the day's card, when it was won by Frankie Dettori on Opinion Poll, but two horses failed to finish.
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