Victory on Stradivarius sets up another wonderful effort but bookies breath again as Turgenev is just pipped After the second winner, they gave Frankie Dettori the top jockey's armband. After the third, he said: "It doesn't get better than this." But it did. Caught in a pocket on Stradivarius with just over a furlong to run, Dettori managed to find room to launch a winning run on the even-money favourite. For the next 40 minutes, the bookmakers were staring into the abyss.
Frankie Dettori's roll of pure gold has Royal Ascot in raptures | Greg Wood
The Guardian - 20 Jun 2019 21:36
Victory on Stradivarius sets up another wonderful effort but bookies breath again as Turgenev is just pipped After the second winner, they gave Frankie Dettori the top jockey's armband. After the third, he said: "It doesn't get better than this." But it did. Caught in a pocket on Stradivarius with just over a furlong to run, Dettori managed to find room to launch a winning run on the even-money favourite. For the next 40 minutes, the bookmakers were staring into the abyss.
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