Top jockey Frankie Dettori working with tax authorities after losing anonymity in dispute

By The Associated Press

FILE - Lord North with jockey Frankie Dettori wins Group 1 Dubai Turf over 1800m (9 furlongs) at the Meydan racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Dokoupil, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Martin Dokoupil]

LONDON (AP) — Top Italian jockey Frankie Dettori says he is “working closely” with Britain’s tax authorities after losing a challenge to avoid being publicly named in a tax dispute. Dettori has been involved in a legal dispute with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which denied him some deductions for income tax. A judge ruled in 2022 that Dettori could have anonymity during the case, Britain’s Press Association reported. The jockey was named in a court ruling on Monday after losing a bid to continue having the publication of his name suppressed. The PA news agency was among the media who challenged Dettori’s right to anonymity and has published a statement from him, in which he said he has hired new advisers “to unravel the mess that I have been put in.”