Maktoum blames Dettori for Hong Kong loss Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum has blamed Frankie Dettori for the defeat of Godolphin`s Ekraar in the Hong Kong Vase.'Dettori didn`t handle the horse properly in the final metres,' owner Sheikh Hamdan said in a rare public criticism of the stable`s leading rider reported by today`s Khaleej Times.Japan`s Yutaka Take on Stay Gold swept to victory in a nail-biting finish to the race.Dettori on Ekraar had surged five lengths clear with 400 metres to go, but Take kicked and with the final stride Stay Gold bound past Ekraar to steal it on the wire.Hamdan, finance minister for the United Arab Emirates, also told the daily that Dettori was at fault in the Breeders Cup Classic at Belmont Park last month when American wonder horse Tiznow touched off Sakhee.
