Unstoppable Frankie Dettori steers Vale Of Kent to Bunbury Cup success

There is just no stopping Frankie Dettori. Horseracing's most famous jockey has spent much of his time in the winner's enclosure in the last month and a half – in which time he has ridden seven Group 1 winners – and found himself there once again after partnering Vale Of Kent to win the competitive Bunbury Cup at Newmarket.

Notching his fourth victory in the race, Dettori broke smartly on the Mark Johnston-trained runner and made virtually every yard of the running from stall 14 to reward punters who backed him into 13-2 from 16-1 in the morning.

It wasn't all plain sailing for the four-year-old, though, as Dettori thought he was beaten a couple of furlongs from home. He said: "I kept my line, went left and used the rail as my reference point. At the quarter pole I thought I was getting swallowed up but as he met the rising ground he just kept on going."