Frankie Dettori produced the fairytale ending his final appearance at Royal Ascot had demanded by capturing Royal Ascot’s oldest race.
In front of the King and Queen, who 75 minutes earlier had enjoyed their first royal meeting winner, he delivered Courage Mon Ami with a perfectly timed run to win the £600,000 Gold Cup.
His win comes 30 years after his first at the historic Royal Ascot on Drum Taps back in 1992. He famously won the race three years on the spin from 2018-2020 on Stradivarius and this one will taste as sweet as the rest.
