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Dettori praises teenage jockey
- Updated: December 8, 2016
Frankie Dettori paid tribute to aspiring teenage jockey Abdul Kareem Musa Adam after he claimed the Young Achiever of the Year Award at the Mirror Pride of Sport Awards.
Adam has overcome incredible adversity, having been forced to flee a small village in Darfur at the age of seven after it was bombed in 2004, killing his parents and sisters.
He then fled a refugee camp in Chad before travelling to Libya two years later. When war broke out, he was imprisoned for refusing to fight and was beaten so badly he ended up in hospital.
Adam escaped across the Mediterranean to Europe at the age of 14 and having slept rough in France for 18 months, …
