Gold Cup Glory For Frankel’s Courage Mon Ami And Frankie

[Wandering Eyes]

Burying the unhappiness of 12 months ago, Frankie Dettori sealed his Royal Ascot immortality with a heartstopping G1 Gold Cup victory on Wathnan Racing's Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Crimson Ribbon, by Lemon Drop Kid) in a brilliant piece of placing by the Gosdens. Thrown in at the deep end after a trio of wins on the all-weather and a Goodwood handicap by a cumulative margin of 13 3/4 lengths, the Oppenheimer-bred was up another six furlongs but his odds of 15-2 told the real story about the regard in which he is held at Clarehaven. Always travelling strongly towards the rear as the 2021 hero Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) took the race by the scruff of the neck, he was threaded up the rail to overhaul the 11-4 favourite Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) inside the final furlong and despite that veteran battling back asserted to score by 3/4 of a length as Subjectivist faded to be 3 3/4 lengths behind in third. The win was the third group 1 of the week for Frankel as Juddmonte's kingpin assumes the mantle of the King of Royal Ascot. “I thought it was a bridge too far from handicaps to group 1, but I had the perfect trip,” Frankie said on a day of days for the Royal meeting.

 

WHAT A RACE! @FrankieDettori wins the Gold Cup aboard Courage Mon Ami! #RoyalAscot pic.twitter.com/dOcUjboc4w

— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 22, 2023

 

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