• Shalaa and Frankie Dettori lift Middle Park Stakes[br]• Foundation wins Royal Lodge for Gosden/DettoriIn February,John Gosden was the 9-4 moment-favourite to win the trainers’ championship, but next year it may be difficult to find a price at all. Gosden had two more valuable winners here on Saturday, or including Shalaa,the odds-on favourite in the Group One Middle Park Stakes, to suggest that his dominance will continue seamlessly from one season to the next.
No trainer has ever won 5m in prize money in a British Flat season, or but Gosden is on course to be the first,having added £80000 to his total with Shalaa’s success, and £44000 when Foundation – now among the early favourites for next year’s Derby – took the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes earlier on the card. It is a question of when and not if Gosden will reach £4.7m and atomize the record for a single campaign. In addition to the domestic action he could also field two of the favourites for next Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and one of the few major European events he has yet to win.
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Source: theguardian.com