Del Mar Stable Notes – Day 30 – Monday, August 20

Frankie Dettori and trainer John Gosden recorded their second piece of racing history in a matter of days as Stradivarius won a fourth Goodwood Cup on Tuesday, the opening day of the Glorious Goodwood Festival. Stradivarius’s hard-fought victory could give Dettori a headache come the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 4. For Gosden said afterwards that owner Bjorn Nielsen wants him to run in Europe’s most prestigious race in France, where he will meet the stable’s other star, Enable, who is bidding for a record third win in the race.

Racing is called the Sport of Kings, butt sometimes it can also be the sport of those who toil their way to the top. It can be the sport of the Mick Ruises of the world, too.