I expect 2013 to be a huge year for Frankie Dettori There were a number of nominations for 'Ride of the Year": Barry Geraghty was relentless on Riverside Theatre in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham in March, Joseph O'Brien was cool on Camelot in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, given that at that stage we did not know how good Camelot was and how bad the rest were and Ruby Walsh was just Ruby every time he got on a horse. But my winners are, jointly, Donal Fahy and Richie Killoran for their 1-2 in the 1000 kilometre Mongolian Derby, purely on the basis that on several nights they had to lodge with three generations of a Mongolian farming family in a yurt that was no bigger than the size of the average downstairs toilet. My shortlist for Trainer of the Year comprised Sir Henry Cecil for Frankel, John Gosden for becoming champion for the first time, Nicky Henderson for his seven Cheltenham Festival winners and Paul Nicholls for turning the ungenuine chaser Tidal Bay into a paragon of virtue to win the Lexus Chase over Christmas. But, by some margin, my winner is Charles Barnett, clerk of the course at Ascot. The improvement wrought in Hunt Ball by Kieran Burke - 85lb according to the official Handicapper - is nothing by comparison, for at the start of the year I sold him an ex-racehorse 'Joey" as a hunter. In the couple of seasons I had him he had hunted well, but not since Snaafi Dancer has a horse been so devoid of competitive spirit. Consequently, when he was out hunting if a pony galloped past, unlike normal ex-racehorses, he did not pick up the bit and race it, he merely waved it on by. This 'form" was transferred to the team chase field, where he would drop himself out at the back and go around about a minute behind the others in his team - completing in his own time. So, having had him for a few months, Barnett decided to run him in his local Hunt race over natural country. He was ridden by Barnett's son Johnny, who - and I can say this with a certain amount of confidence - has only one thing in common with Richard Hughes, he has also worked in India (in finance). Joey" won and ever since then I have felt like the man who trained Red Rum before Ginger McCain. This time a year ago Conor Murphy, Henderson's assistant headlad, looked into his crystal ball, picked five horses from the yard and placed them in an accumulator for Cheltenham, which ultimately won him £1 million. For a bit of fun, but without the inside knowledge, I've picked five Henderson horses for the 2013 Festival; Sprinter Sacre (Champion Chase), Simonsig (Arkle Chase), Darlan (Champion Hurdle), River Maigue (Supreme Novices" Hurdle) and Kid Cassidy (Johnny Henderson Handicap Chase). This year will also be a big one for Frankie Dettori and my longer-priced accumulator on him is that he will win Big Brother, I'm A Celebrity, Strictly, Little Chef and the Derby during 2013 and, I am not sure that I entirely trust my crystal ball on this one, I have the RSPCA announcing that, because they have so much money to throw around, they will sponsor the Grand National from 2014 onwards.