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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.
Written by Greg Wood at Royal Ascot
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/20/frankie-dettori-royal-ascot under the title “Frankie Dettori’s roll of pure gold has Royal Ascot in raptures | Greg Wood”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
