Stradivarius’s Gold Cup dream falls apart just as history beckons | Donald McRae

A misjudged strategy by the normally masterly Frankie Dettori scuppered the horse’s chances of a fourth triumph in this raceRacing history was denied in emphatic fashion at Royal Ascot when Stradivarius, the usually mighty chestnut, finished a disappointing fourth and missed out on becoming only the second horse to win the Gold Cup four times. In a strangely misjudged race by the normally masterly Frankie Dettori, the jockey and Stradivarius suffered. Stuck in heavy traffic on the rail at