Dettori sparkles with Lingfield three-timer

GODOLPHIN team were in inspired form at Lingfield with a flying Frankie Dettori delighting punters with a hat-trick of wins.

Two Listed events gave the card a touch of quality on a quiet Thursday afternoon, and both were claimed by Saeed bin Suroor and his Italian stable jockey, with the latter in particularly determined mood.

The EBF Normandie Stud Fleur De Lys Fillies’ Stakes was the first of the major events and Dettori was at his strongest as he guided Aspectoflove to a narrow victory. Mosqueras Romance and Ryan Moore looked the likely winners when striking on inside the final furlong but Aspectoflove reeled her in and the pair flashed past the post together. It did not take the judge long to announce 11-10 favourite Aspectoflove as the winner by a short-head.