"Meanwhile for the first time since 2004 Frankie Dettori finished as top jockey at Royal Ascot with seven winners.Dettori's completed a fabulous four-timer with Stradivarius' win in the Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday, having earlier won on A'Ali (Norfolk Stakes), Sangarius (Hampton Court Stakes) and Star Catcher (Ribblesdale Stakes).The popular Italian also partnered Crystal Ocean to victory in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes on Wednesday, having earlier brought the Mark Johnston-trained Raffle Prize through to win the Queen Mary Stakes.Then on Friday he landed the Group One Commonwealth Cup on Advertise to make it a magnificent seven wins for the week. "He travelled fantastic today. He went down to the start like a complete professional. Blue Point completes the remarkable King's Stand / Diamond Jubilee double at Ascot Racecourse for #TeamGodolphin full story http://bit.ly/2ICJfbX
Kachy ran a hell of a lick and I was trying to keep a lid on my horse.
"On the runner-up Stoute said: "It would have been nicer if there'd been one more stride, but we are delighted with the performance.
"He is so genuine, he was trying to run him down earlier than ideal, so I was trying to preserve all his energy for as long as I could. Takeover Target was a brave winner of the King's Stand in 2006, before running a fine race (though looking slightly flat) when third in the Golden Jubilee four days later. It was just a case of keeping a lid on him for the early part of the race. I'm not sure we would look at the Superlative.
"When we got there he was a bit lonely, he felt the other horse come and stuck his neck out. I just gave him the information on the horse. I feel sorry for Will (Buick). The 4-year-old of son of Panis, trained by Richard Fahey, finished second in last year’s Commonwealth Cup at Ascot, a half-length behind Eqtidaar (IRE). But he only just held on in the end as the fast-finishing Dream Of Dreams (12-1) almost caught him in the shadow of the winning post.Blue Point, send off the well-backed 6-4 favourite, scored by a head from the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Dream Of Dreams with the front-running Kachy - who is trained in Cheshire by Tom Dascombe - staying on for third a further two and a half lengths adrift.Speak In Colours (50-1) was three-quarters-of-a-length back in fourth.It was a fabulous effort by the five-year-old, who had been third behind Caravaggio in the Commonwealth Cup at the Royal meeting two years ago.Since then though, he has scored three times at Royal Ascot, landing back-to-back wins in the King's Stand Stakes before his Diamond Jubilee success.Having also secured three victories in Meydan earlier in the year, Blue Point is asserting himself as the world's leading sprinter.Appleby said: "I thought about doing both races after he did a great piece of work the week before the King's Stand. "He is so fast into his stride and after a furlong he was four lengths clear. He will be ridden on Saturday by James Doyle.Regarding the decision to run in the Diamond Jubilee, Appleby told the If Blue Point wins Saturday, he would become the first horse since Choisir (AUS) in 2003 to claim both the King’s Stand and the Diamond Jubilee in the same week.The main challenge to Blue Point should come from Saeed Manana’s 4-year-old Invincible Army (IRE). "His Highness (Sheikh Mohammed) came into town a bit early and was looking round at the Ascot runners, and I said if he was happy I'd leave Blue Point in on the Saturday and let's just dream we can win the King's Stand and give ourselves the opportunity of potentially having a crack at the Diamond Jubilee.