Gosden salutes the magic of Dettori following final Royal Ascot
‘It’s great to go out and walk away carrying all the belts’.
His close friend John Gosden put it best – Frankie Dettori has taken the blows and still come out on top. The Newmarket trainer will be in his corner for the duration of the Italian’s long farewell season, as he has been throughout. Bookmakers may have dodged a few body blows at Ascot, yet the lush green strip of Berkshire turf, the scene of his 1996 ‘Magnificent Seven’, has always been Dettori’s favourite area.WHAT A RACE! @FrankieDettori wins the Gold Cup aboard Courage Mon Ami! #RoyalAscot 🏆 pic.twitter.com/dOcUjboc4w
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 22, 2023
A Gold Cup and three further winners made it 81 career victories at Royal Ascot, the most prestigious of meetings. Gosden knows exactly what the week meant to the 52-year-old. He said: “It was a huge week for him. He was very, very keen to go out at the top, not to become suddenly this sad, unwanted figure.” Epsom and Royal Ascot are the only Flat events that really matter to those with an idle interest in the sport. Victory in the Coronation Cup and the Oaks had given the Italian the spotlight he thrives upon. Ascot Gold Cup glory aboard inexperienced partner Courage Mon Ami ticked the second box and will surely have been enough to secure him a BBC Sports Personality of the Year nomination at the very least. Dettori’s career, the highs and lows, the ecstasy, showmanship and mood swings, is well documented.
81 Royal Ascot winners for @FrankieDettori as Coppice took the Sandringham for John and Thady Gosden. pic.twitter.com/wLbxZ3d3ik
— Simon Milham (@simonmilham) June 23, 2023
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