Which racecourse did Frankie Dettori ride all seven winners in 1996?

Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born 15 December 1970) is an Italian horse racing jockey in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. His most celebrated achievement was riding all seven winners on British Champions' Day at Ascot in 1996. He is the son of the jockey Gianfranco Dettori, who was a prolific winner in Italy. He has been described by Lester Piggott as the best jockey currently riding.

Since the end of 2012, Dettori has been operating as a freelance, having split with Godolphin Racing, for whom he was stable jockey and had most of his big race victories. On 5 December 2012, he was suspended from riding for six months after being found guilty of taking a prohibited substance, believed to be cocaine. During this absence, he took part in the 11th series of the UK reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother finishing seventh on Day 21.

On 11 December 2015 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Frankie Dettori was named 'World's Best Jockey 2015'. He topped ranking with 100 points after five wins, four second-placings and four thirds.

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Pat Wells, I hate horse racing for this reason. Too many horses are euthanised each year due to racing related injuries usually a leg fracture. Anytime I hear of a jockey being injured my first thought is the horse.

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I'm always amazed at the responses that have to do with horse racing. It's an activity for people and not great for the horses, yet no one seems to be on the side of horses. Over thirty horses have died in the last couple of years racing or training on a track in southern California. Guess we're just too used to exploiting animals for our pleasure that we don't consider the plight of animals.