The flamboyant Frankie Dettori hailed Wicklow Brave as being “on the same path” as last year’s runner-up Max Dynamite as the world’s most recognisable jockey hopes not to be the Melbourne Cup hard luck story on Tuesday. Fined $20,000 and suspended for a month for causing carnage in the straight during last year’s race when beating all bar Prince Of Penzance home, Dettori jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning determined to break his Melbourne Cup duck. “I think [Wicklow Brave and Max Dynamite] are on the same path,” Dettori said. “Last year was one of those things. The Melbourne Cup every year has some sort of unlucky story and last year it was me.” But it hasn’t dented Dettori’s confidence on Wicklow Brave, who has to contend with the awkward outside barrier. “It’s a massive race and I’ve never won it and I’m going to carry on trying until I
