Palace Pier emulated his sire Kingman with a brilliant win in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois (1600m) at Deauville. Having sat off the early speed on the heavy ground, Frankie Dettori began to allow Persian Pier to find his stride with 500m to travel and he came through smoothly to reach the front
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Miss Yoda is the 14th Gr1 winner for Sea The Stars following her triumph in Sunday’s Preis der Diana (2200m) at Dusseldorf. Frankie Dettori allowed the John Gosden-trained Miss Yoda to bowl along in the lead after halfway before increasing the tempo into the home straight. Miss Yoda was challenged 200m out and lugged out
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Stradivarius duly won his record fourth Goodwood Cup (2 miles) on Tuesday however, it was not all plain sailing. Frankie Dettori looked to have a lap full of horse but had managed to get himself hemmed in towards the rail with two furlongs to travel. Fortunately for him a gap appeared and Stradivarius quickened impressively
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The weather did its best to rain on her parade but it made no difference to Enable who came home the easy winner of Saturday’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (12f) at Ascot. Run in steady rain, Enable settled comfortably in second place as Sovereign set a moderate speed with Japan last
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Mishriff stepped up to Group 1 level with a strong win in Sunday’s Prix du Jockey-Club (2100m) at Chantilly. Racing close to the lead in a moderately run race, Ioritz Mendizabal had to manoeuvre Mishriff into clear room halfway up the run in and the John Gosden-trained colt ran on well to defeat The Summit
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Palace Pier maintained his unbeaten record when coming out on top in a pulsating finish to Saturday’s St James’s Palace Stakes (1 mile). Palace Pier, Pinatubo and Wichita were locked in battle inside the final furlong and it was Palace Pier under Frankie Dettori who found most, lengthening well to score by a length from
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Stradivarius duly made it three straight wins in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and this year’s running was his most impressive, sailing home 10 lengths clear at the end of two and a half miles. Frankie Dettori looked to have an easy steer and having moved up effortlessly on the bridle behind long-time leader
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Lord North has been transformed since being gelded and stepped up to Gr1 level with a scintillating win in Wednesday’s Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (10f). Lord North has graduated from winning the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket last October and the four-year-old showed an outstanding turn of foot to come home comfortably by 3-3/4 lengths over Addeybb
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Nazeef and Agincourt fought out a thrilling finish to the Gr2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes (1 mile) at Royal Ascot with Nazeef getting the nod. Nazeef edged Agincourt by a head with Queen Power a further 2-1/2 lengths away third to give trainer John Gosden a double and jockey Jim Crowley a treble. The win
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Frankly Darling is improving fast and confirmed her promise with a dominant win in the Gr2 Ribblesdale Stakes (12f) at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The Anthony Oppenheimer homebred daughter of Frankel started favourite and those punters who took the short odds never had a moments worry, Frankly Darling cruising to the lead early in the
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