- Italian lands 41-1 double to reach 81 victories at festival
- Dettori claims wins aboard Porta Fortuna and Coppice
Frankie Dettori will head into his final afternoon at Royal Ascot with a chance to finish the week as the leading rider after moving to four for the meeting with a 41-1 double on Friday’s card aboard Porta Fortuna, in the Albany Stakes, and Coppice, in the Sandringham Handicap.
The winners were Dettori’s 80th and 81st at Royal Ascot and left him just one behind Ryan Moore, who won the Duke of Edinburgh Handicap on Okita Soushi, in the race for the jockeys’ award. Moore, though, has had more second-place finishes than Dettori and is likely to take the prize on countback if the two riders finish level. Dettori executed similar rides on his two winners, hitting the front around a furlong out and grabbing an advantage which he maintained all the way to the line.
