"I kept an eye on my left to see if the Coolmore horses were coming but there was plenty of daylight." But once I got clear of him it was all over and I was able to enjoy it," said Dettori. Oisin kicked on and he gave me a good fright. Hi Royal was ridden by three-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy, who in February returned from a 14-month ban imposed for breaches of Covid-19 rules and for twice being above the alcohol threshold. Dettori's final 2,000 Guineas victory came 27 years after his first - on Mark of Esteem in 1996 I don't want to cry but it's amazing."ĭettori knew he would only have one more shot to win the historic race and his fourth victory was never in doubt once Chaldean, trained by Andrew Balding, hit the front. "It was such a surreal moment and I was thinking, 'I hope I don't wake up'," Dettori told ITV Racing. Royal Scotsman was third at 11-1 and Galeron fourth at 150-1. It was Dettori's fourth winner in the first Classic race of the Flat season, with second-favourite Chaldean coming in at 7-2.
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