Dettori goes wild at Ascot

Frankie Dettori opened his account at the Royal meeting when Rewilding claimed the red-hot favourite So You Think close home in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes.

Everything seemed to be going to plan for Aidan O’Brien’s So You Think as he took over at the head of affairs from his pacemaking stablemate Jan Vermeer turning into the straight.

He was three lengths clear at one stage but Rewilding, trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni, was catching with every stride.

Dettori was in full flow by now and there seemed a sense of inevitability that the Ascot specialist would get up in the highlight of the second day.

There appeared to be no excuses for So You Think and Ryan Moore was in the perfect position throughout, but he had no reply to Rewilding’s relentless late burst, going down by a neck.