FRANKIE DETTORI ended a week steeped in controversy on a high note as he made a happy return to the course where an accident wrecked his hopes of landing his third consecutive jockeys' title. Back at Newbury nine weeks after breaking his elbow in the paddock after failing from Shawanni, the champion rattled home a magnificent 420 to treble yesterday.

Dettori's victories on Bin Rosie, Catechism and Greenstead put him back in the spotlight for more positive reasons. Earlier in the week he had been criticised for his riding of Cape Pigeon when the horse finished third behind Walter Swinburn's come back winner Talathath at Windsor.

Referring to that incident, Dettori said tongue in cheek. "The things I have to do to keep in the headlines"

Dettori has been easing himself back into the swing of things after returning to action last Friday week. It's nine weeks today that I was on the floor and I'm just happy to be riding winners again," he said.

I've had a broken elbow before and it took four or five months but luckily it was a pretty clean break this time. A little bit of sunshine a little bit of working out and jogging and I was able to come back."

Dettori had notched only one previous success since his return but is now aiming to step up a gear. I'll be riding regularly from now on but I've no real targets for the rest of this season," he said.

I'll certainly be going for the title again next year and I'm going to ride through the winter and I'm going to Japan, Australia and South Africa."

His boss John Gosden was also breathing a sigh of relief. A rider of his class is a big miss," he said.

Dettori reserved his best effort for Bin Rosie, executing a copy book waiting race to land the Hungerford Stakes. He pounced inside the final furlong and kept his mount going well to defeat Mistle Cat by one and three quarter lengths in the Group Three event.