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Dettori’s flying dismount

STRADIVARIUS won his second Ascot Gold Cup but the wonderful horse’s big-race victory was in danger of being overshadowed by his jockey. The win meant that Frankie Dettori, who rode Stradivarius, completed a very rare Royal Ascot four-timer in consecutive races.
Winning trainer John Gosden was asked to comment on the jockey as much as the horse. He said: “Frankie is like a player who gets to the final of Wimbledon and then raises it to another level. He rode a beautiful race. “He is a phenomenon – for a kid of 48 h...