Technician out to spoil the party for Dettori in Gold Cup
Stradivarius, guided by racing’s best-known jockey, will try to become only the third horse to win the famous Ascot race three years in a row
17 June 2020 - 16:36
Stradivarius bids to become the third horse to win the Ascot Gold Cup three years in succession when he lines up as the hot favourite at the spectator-free Berkshire track in England on Thursday.
First run in 1807, the Gold Cup is arguably the showpiece of the meeting and Stradivarius will bid to follow in the hoofprints of Sagaro (1975, 1976 and 1977) and Yeats, who landed a four-timer between 2006 and 2009...
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