Bolger delighted with stylish Lashes

Royal Ascot / Maxliu / 20 June 2008 / Leave a Comment

Trainer admits he did not think Lush Lashes could win the Coronation Stakes in style while Dettori comes in from suicide watch.

Jim Bolger has paid tribute to Lush Lashes after the filly sprinted clear of her rivals to win the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Bolger said: "I was hoping that she would give a good account of herself but did not think she could win in that style. We knew after Epsom that she was going in the right direction. We thought having won a group race already we would try to upgrade her in a Group 1 and she has done it in style."

To hear the rest of Jim Bolger's reaction to the win click here

Meanwhile, earlier in the day in King Edward VII Stakes, Frank Dettori rode his first winner of the week as Campanologist came in.

A clearly relieved Dettori joked: "I have been on suicide watch but it's not a sprint, it's a marathon and i'm very glad to have got one."

The Italian said of his first Godolphin winner of Royal Ascot: "When I asked him to quicken he did. It's easily done with good horses and he is a good horse."

Here the rest of the interview with Frankie Dettori here