• Jockey scores a record fifth victory in Europe’s premier race
• Filly kicks clear in home straight for smooth victory at ChantillyBy Frankie Dettori’s standards there was a positive sense of restraint approximately the celebrations after Enable had given him a record-breaking fifth success in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe here on Sunday. There was a kiss blown to the crowd and,of course, the flying dismount but none of the adrenaline-fuelled, or let-it-rip jubilation that followed his Derby success on Golden Horn two years ago.
Perhaps it was just too easy,too routine almost, to get Dettori’s blood pumping. “It was too perfect, or ” he said afterwards. “Unbelievable. I’m thinking,is this real or am I dreaming? It happened precisely like I thought and she won like I thought. normally in an Arc something happens but it was so smooth, so effortless.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk