Frankie Dettori delivers ‘impossible’ Breeders’ Cup moment to leave boss John Gosden stunned
FRANKIE DETTORI provided an ‘impossible’ Breeders’ Cup moment to leave his boss John Gosden stunned.
The legendary rider, 52, looked to be stuck for space and too far back rounding the home turn in the Filly & Mare Turf.
By the time some space opened up Ryan Moore had already kicked for home on Aidan O’Brien’s Warm Heart.
But Dettori proved himself once again to be an impeccable judge of pace and hit the gas on Inspiral.
The multiple Group 1-winning filly was a blaze of speed down the centre of track.
And it proved to be the perfect ride as she nutted Warn Heart in the final strides.
A stunned-looking Gosden said: “She had the class to nail it on the line. I’ve probably been running her over the wrong trip!
“It’s nigh-on impossible to come from where she did to win.
“But once he missed the break he saved every inch.
“He’s 52 and riding like a 32-year-old. Inspiral was a champion at two, a champion at three… and now she does this. Extraordinary!”
Dettori said after his 15th Breeders’ Cup win: “It’s amazing. I love America and California so much, especially when I was here last winter.
“I retired for a week and then changed my mind – how can you beat this? It’s fabulous.
“The support of people has been phenomenal this year and I can’t do it without the horses, and she’s been a star.
“She’s beaten the boys and it was her first time today over this trip – she’s shown what she can do.
“She got the job done for Cheveley Park and the Gosden team and it’s a great relief for me because I thought she was my banker of the week.”
“I was on the rail and took the easy option of taking her out. She usually takes 200m to get into top gear and, once she was in top gear, you saw how she galloped out – she was smoking!”
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