Frankie Dettori guided Crystal Ocean to victory in the Prince of Wales’ Stakes on day two of Royal Ascot. The 48-year-old Italian jockey, who had already tasted victory on board Mark Johnston’s Raffle Prize in the Queen Mary Stakes, took the five-year-old Sir Michael Stoute-trained Crystal Ocean to the front of the field.
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And, while he did start to wander when under pressure from the favourite Magical in the final straight, Dettori put him back on track and claimed a two-length win with Waldgeist making up plenty of ground from the rear to finish third.
Afterwards, a delighted Stoute said: “He is a high-class horse and I’m delighted to win a Group One now, he deserves that. “He is a fine horse, a special horse. There’s been a lot of great team work and hard work put into getting this result.”
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