Dettori and co: nine shining stars who made this year's Royal Ascot resplendent

We take a look at some of the names who enjoyed a fine time at Royal Ascot 2019

Frankie Dettori

Mr Ascot showed just why the Berkshire venue remains his favourite track when going on the rampage on Thursday, lighting up a day at the races like no one else can. Dettori joked the grim weather on the first two days of the meeting was not for him, but his ride of the week came arguably in Wednesday's Prince of Wales's Stakes on Crystal Ocean. However, the sun certainly shone the spotlight on his awesome, bookie-bashing foursome on Thursday. He ended with seven winners and a sixth top jockey crown – his first since 2004.

Stradivarius (yellow cap) seals a second Gold Cup triumphCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Stradivarius

It can be hard for the general racing fan to fall for a Flat horse, but they have always had a soft spot for a stayer and in Stradivarius the sport has a loveable and tenacious pocket rocket. He now has three Royal Ascot triumphs in his back pocket after capturing a second Gold Cup to go alongside his 2017 Queen's Vase. Trainer John Gosden playfully suggested the Milky Bar Kid should be riding his white-socked warrior, who has the perfect partner in Dettori and should be hard to stop when bidding to make it eight wins on the spin in the Qatar Goodwood Cup on July 30.

Roger Varian

Varian started the week with two Royal Ascot winners on his CV and ended it with five after a sublime Saturday. Cape Bryon justified the Newmarket trainer's huge faith in him with a stylish effort in the Wokingham and Defoe added the Hardwicke to his Coronation Cup success. They joined Friday's Albany winner Daahyeh on the honours board, completing a wonderful final two days.

Hayley Turner: rider enjoyed a magic momentCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Hayley Turner

As the Racing Post's in-house historian John Randall pointed out, the fact female riders had gone 32 years without striking at Royal Ascot was little more than a statistical anomaly given their success elsewhere – indeed Turner's July Cup victory on Dream Ahead in 2011 was far more prestigious than winning the Sandringham. It was, however, hard not to be bewitched by the spell the 36-year-old cast on Ascot after scoring on Thanks Be. Turner was generous with her time and thoughts and it was a joy to see how much the achievement meant.

Danny Tudhope

The secret is out. Well, it has been for a few years as Tudhope has posted 100-plus totals for the last two campaigns and is well on course for another century of winners this term, but the rider could hardly have imagined a better week. He landed the Queen Anne on Lord Glitters for his biggest supporter David O'Meara and bagged a royal brace on Addeybb and Move Swiftly for William Haggas, another fully paid-up member of the Tudhope fan club. The 33-year-old jockey, who rode a winner at Ripon on Thursday, then signed off by snaffling Saturday's Jersey on Space Traveller.

In bloom: Japan after his impressive victoryCredit: Edward Whitaker

Japan

Japan had been disputing favouritism for the Derby a month before the race but went off a 20-1 shot at Epsom after his Dante fourth. He went into plenty of notebooks following a fine third in the Classic and built on that with a brilliant performance in Friday's King Edward VII Stakes, prompting Ryan Moore – with no offence intended – to describe him as a potentially better than a St Leger horse. Co-owner Derrick Smith also heaped on praise, saying he believes he could be Ballydoyle's premier middle-distance three-year-old colt – a sentiment hard to argue with given the way the beautifully bred Galileo colt tore away from a solid field.

Blue Point

If Dettori loves Ascot, then so does Godolphin's Blue Point, who laid down a claim for the title of the world's best sprinter when following up Tuesday's King's Stand triumph by holding on over a furlong further in the Diamond Jubilee – a double last completed by Australian powerhouse Choisir in 2003. Blue Point's course record now reads 131111 and that also includes last year's King's Stand.

Martyn Meade embraces Frankie Dettori after Advertise's Commonwealth Cup successCredit: Edward Whitaker

Martyn Meade

Just three runners from Meade's Manton yard made it to Royal Ascot for Meade, whose Manton base had been under a cloud this spring, but they resulted in one crucial winner in Advertise, who showed his 2,000 Guineas run all wrong with a smart display in the Commonwealth Cup. It is safe to say Meade, who had just four runners in Britain in May after his yard was hit with a bug, needed it. His investment in the historic Wiltshire training estate has not come cheap and his belief in Advertise has never been hidden, so the success will be one to savour.

Thumbs up: Aidan O'Brien with Coventry Stakes winner ArizonaCredit: Edward Whitaker

Aidan O'Brien

Defeats for high-profile favourites Magical, Ten Sovereigns and Hermosa might have meant a mixed week for O'Brien, but thanks to five winners he still emerged as top trainer at Royal Ascot – something he has now done a record-extending ten times. Japan's victory in the King Edward VII was the Ballydoyle ace's 70th during one of racing's most important weeks, while he pulled a rabbit out of his top hat by supplementing Circus Maximus for the St James's Palace Stakes, an inspired move from the modest genius.

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