Frankie 4-or-4 As Stradivarius Takes the Gold Cup

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The bookies are running for cover at Royal Ascot as Frankie Dettori made it 4-for-4 on Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) with the brilliant chestnut registering back-to-back wins in the G1 Gold Cup. This was dubbed as a better renewal than last year, but Bjorn Nielsen’s millionaire made it look easy as he followed the pace set by Dee Ex Bee (GB) (Farhh {GB}), pounced on him and the 66-1 shot Master of Reality (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) approaching the furlong pole before being coaxed to a comfortable length success over the former.

1–STRADIVARIUS (IRE), 128, h, 5, by Sea the Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Private Life (Fr) (MSP-Fr), by Bering (GB)
2nd Dam: Poughkeepsie (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells
3rd Dam: Pawneese (Ire), by Carvin II
(330,000gns RNA Ylg ’15 TATOCT). O/B-Bjorn Nielsen (IRE); T-John Gosden; J-Lanfranco Dettori. £283,550. Lifetime Record: 16-11-1-2, £1,991,031. *1/2 to Persian Storm (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 9.5-11f & MGSW-Ger, $121,198; Rembrandt Van Rijn (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), GSP-Eng, $167,081; and Magical Eve (Ger) (Oratorio {Ire}), SP-SAf. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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