Royal Ascot 2023 results: Frankie Dettori triumphs on Gregory; Mostahdaf, Jimi Hendrix win

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Frankie Dettori celebrates with a flying dismount aft winning connected Gregory astatine Royal Ascot

Frankie Dettori claimed a victor astatine his last Royal Ascot gathering arsenic helium took the Queen's Vase aboard Gregory.

The 52-year-old Italian, who retires aboriginal this year, guided the evens favourite trained by John and Thady Gosden location from Saint George.

"I couldn't beryllium happier. I thought the victor was ne'er going to travel his year," said Dettori, who finished 2nd 3 times connected Tuesday.

Earlier, Mostahdaf sprang a astonishment to triumph the Prince of Wales's Stakes.

Gregory could springiness Dettori a accidental of a last Classic aboriginal successful the year, with the St Leger astatine Doncaster a imaginable target.

The jockey had a frustrating opening time which saw him fixed a nine-day prohibition for careless riding, which helium volition service adjacent month.

But helium acceptable a cleanable gait from the beforehand connected the well-backed Gregory to unafraid his 78th Royal Ascot winner, which helium celebrated with his trademark flying dismount.

Mostahdaf, a 10-1 accidental ridden by Jim Crowley for trainers John and Thady Gosden, cruised done the contention earlier speeding wide of a high-quality tract successful the Prince of Wales's Stakes.

The 2-1 favourite Luxembourg was 4 lengths backmost successful second, with the 2021 Derby victor Adayar successful third.

"It was a fantastic run. We've ever held him successful precocious regard," said winning jockey Crowley.

My Prospero finished fourth, with Bay Bridge fifth.

Ryan Moore had led from the commencement connected 2-1 favourite Luxembourg, but helium was nary lucifer for Mostahdaf, who was runner-up to Broome successful the Hardwicke Stakes astatine Ascot past year.

The Shadwell-owned victor had finished past successful the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe successful October, but returned this twelvemonth with triumph successful Saudi Arabia earlier finishing 4th to Japanese prima Equinox successful Dubai.

"The crushed has dried out, which helium truly enjoyed. He's tally a mates of times connected brushed crushed and laboured connected it," said John Gosden.

"He won successful Saudi Arabia successful large benignant and past helium took connected astir apt the champion equine successful the world, Equinox, and we freshened him up for this."

Gosden said Mostahdaf would beryllium aimed astatine the Juddmonte International astatine York successful August.

Crimson Advocate (far side) conscionable bushed Relief Rally successful a photograph finish

Earlier, Villanova Queen secured an affectional triumph for Irish trainer Jessica Harrington, who is recovering from bosom cancer.

Colin Keane claimed his archetypal triumph astatine the gathering aboard the 25-1 accidental successful the Kensington Palace Fillies' Handicap.

Harrington was not astatine Ascot for the victory, but plans to be aboriginal successful the week.

"It means an atrocious batch to the full team, it's been a precise pugnacious year. It'll beryllium a bully tonic for mum," said Harrington's girl Kate.

On a time of big-priced winners, horses named aft celebrities dominated successful the Royal Hunt Cup arsenic Jimi Hendrix bushed Sonny Liston.

Rossa Ryan rode the 22-1 victor successful a one-two for trainer Ralph Beckett and owners Chelsea Thoroughbreds.

Trainer Mick Appleby secured his archetypal Royal Ascot victor with Big Evs successful the Windsor Castle Stakes.

The 20-1 chance, named aft racing instrumentality Paul Evans who died past year, gave jockey Jason Hart triumph aft helium was narrowly beaten connected Highfield Princess a time earlier.

Dettori had to settee for 3rd connected Prosperous Voyage arsenic Rogue Millennium won the Duke of Cambridge Stakes

The 10-1 winner, ridden by Danny Tudhope for trainer Tom Clover and the Rogues Gallery syndicate, was a supplementary introduction for the contention and bushed Random Harvest by a neck.

American challenger Crimson Advocate conscionable held connected to triumph the Queen Mary Stakes by the narrowest of margins.

John Valesquez, riding for George Weaver, prevailed by a chemoreceptor connected the 9-1 changeable from the fast-finishing Relief Rally.

Weaver was joined astatine Ascot by his woman and adjunct trainer Cindy, who suffered a terrible encephalon wounded successful a riding mishap past year.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended again connected Wednesday, but their 2 runners - Reach For the Moon and Circle Of Fire - finished retired of the places.

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