Persuasive sure ran a good race

EVEN before his ★

big-race success on Cracksman, Persuasive made sure Frankie Dettori was on the scoresheet on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot as she ran out an impressive winner of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Without a prior win ★

this season, the four-year-old filly was sent off an 8-1 chance to beat the boys and quickened up smartly to win in style.

Ribchester, the

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leading miler in Europe this season, tried to control the race with two furlongs to run but was there to be shot at in the closing stages.

When Dettori got in ★

the clear on John Gosden’s grey, she found a change of gear that Ribchester could not live with, eventually easing down to score by a length.

Churchill was third ★

for Aidan O’Brien, while Nathra, a stablemate of the winner, was fourth.

Gosden said: “He ★

was saving and saving, trying to keep her together.

He went for a run on ★

the inside and got blocked, so had to take her back and swing out. She’d have been an unlucky loser.

“When she got out ★

she flew down the middle of the track and Nathra ran a blinder in fourth, they are both off to stud now to be mothers but they’ve gone out in proper style.”

Dettori said: “She ★

travelled so well. She has an exceptional turn of foot and put the race to bed very quickly. ”