She will present the trophy to the victor of the Gold Cup, which has been renamed in honour of her 90th birthday.
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Fahey said: “He came back a bit light after the Guineas and I wanted to give him a break”.
Out of the stalls like a greyhound, Lady Aurelia was soon well clear.
She said she was looking forward to seeing the Queen, who she hoped would one day give an honour to her tennis-playing husband. “She will be better over a little further but I couldn’t be happier with her”.
“I’ve never seen anything like it, especially from a two-year-old”.
Despite doubts about the draw and the ground, Lady Aurelia travelled strongly throughout and had the race in the bag even before kicking in the turbo at the furlong pole to streak away from French runner Al Jahrah.
“He’s a Guineas victor, a St James’s Palace victor – he’s a great horse to have”.
From experience of nigh on fifty years I’m fully aware what is required for my absolute favourite race of the greatest flat-race meeting on earth, on so many occasions we’ve been right and Barroche achieved a time-handicap mark that wins it seven times out of ten.
He said: “We will probably keep her based over here, I need to talk to the owners”.
While Dettori has racked up over half a century of Royal Ascot successes, trainer Hugo Palmer was able to celebrate a first courtesy of a brilliant run from Galileo Gold.
After the race a jubilant Dettori told the Racing Post, “That was breathtaking from the top”.
Al Shaqab Racing adviser Harry Herbert said: “I can’t believe what I’ve just seen – a remarkable performance”.
This US$350,000 Scat Daddy filly was an unbackable 30/100 on her debut at Keeneland in April and won pulling a cart by Seven Lengths, it was a prep race for Wesley Ward’s charge.
Goldophin, which has a record 50 runners this week, recorded a welcome treble in the Group Two Duke of Cambridge Stakes, the Group Three Jersey Stakes and the Royal Hunt Cup.
She added: “I have put on about three kilos stitching the marshmallows on”.
Nemoralia, a most impressive victor from weaker opposition at York last time, is undoubtedly smart – and reported at the top of her game by trainer Jeremy Noseda – but she is probably best on a fast surface.
Black Caviar won the Diamond Jubilee at her first run since winning the Group 1 The Goodwood in Adelaide 42 days earlier and, like the other five Diamond Jubilee winners since 2010, had her previous start in May.
However don’t under-estimate Ribchester’s win – the horse was carrying a weight penalty courtesy of his win in last season’s Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury after Godolphin had made former owner David Armstrong an offer that was too good to refuse.
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With no Postponed, Solow or Fascinating Rock to take him on, trainer Masanori Sakaguchi will like his chances of landing Japan’s first Royal Ascot victor and their first Group One success in Great Britain in 16 years.
