Thursday at Royal Ascot belonged to one man - Frankie Dettori - as the 48-year-old tore through the card, winning the opening four races at combined odds of 449-1. The best was to follow in the Ascot Gold Cup, as the mighty Stradivarius (Evs) retained his crown in gallant style to give Dettori his fourth winner of the day. Frankie’s fun stopped there however, and he missed out in the final two races and on the chance to go through the card. He saddles Commonwealth Cup (3.40pm) favourite Ten Sovereigns and Coronation Stakes (4.20pm) hotpot Hermosa, who could give him back-to-back Group One glory this afternoon. An independent review group into the governance of the FAI will release their report on the association at 11.0am this morning, as it tries to move out of the long shadow cast by the recently departed former chief executive John Delaney.

Source: The Irish Times June 21, 2019 06:33 UTC