Gosden dominates Coronation Stakes

Fallen For You, the mount of William Buick, leads home a John Gosden one-two in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. Image courtesy of racingfotos.com.

John Gosden’s stable has been in tremendous form all season and the Newmarket handler enjoyed his best day of the year so far when saddling three winners, all ridden by William Buick, on day four of Royal Ascot, including the first two home in the Coronation Stakes.

Fallen For You came with an irresistible run once the field had turned for home, surging into the lead over a furlong out and pulling clear of her rivals in the third race in the QIPCO British Champions Series Fillies & Mares division.

Starscope stayed on really well for second for jockey Jimmy Fortune, the partnership having occupied the same position in the QIPCO 1000 Guineas last month.

On that occasion the Aidan O’Brien-trained Homecoming Queen had annihilated the field by nine lengths, but it was a completely different story this time with Homecoming Queen fading tamely in the straight to finish more than 13 lengths behind Starscope in eighth place.

Godolphin, who had enjoyed a fantastic day yesterday with the first two in the Gold Cup, saddled the third filly home, Irish History.

The victorious trainer said: "I always thought she was our best filly last year but I gave the wrong instructions in the Fillies’ Mile.

"She was second in the May Hill and ran a bit green so I said be up there because the ground was riding fast but that was riding her back to front.

"Then she had a holiday and came back and I think she still had that in her mind as she was always too keen.

"Ryan (Moore) won on her at Kempton but it wasn’t where we wanted to be.

"We then ran her behind a lovely older filly of Henry Cecil’s (Chachamaidee), who was second in the Windsor Forest. She got in trouble but she learnt a lot.

"She trained beautifully, worked well last Sunday morning, and we were ready for a big run.

"They went hard up front, there’s a strong headwind and she was just sat there.

"She is classy, this is not a fluke."

Buick said: "The fast pace suited her. Things have conspired against her in the past but today everything went perfect.

"She finished off really well and won easily. Like John said, this is not a fluke.

"The turn of foot was impressive against the best of her generation."