Bin Suroor recalls ‘great moment’

No one with the remotest link to racing will ever forget the momentous happenings on the Saturday afternoon at Ascot 20 years ago as Frankie Dettori cast a magical spell over the famous old racecourse with his ‘Magnificent Seven’.

No one with the remotest link to racing will ever forget the momentous happenings on the Saturday afternoon at Ascot 20 years ago as Frankie Dettori cast a magical spell over the famous old racecourse with his ‘Magnificent Seven’.

Certainly not the trainers. “One of the great moments” is the view of Saeed bin Suroor, who was responsible four of the seven winners as Dettori rattled through the card.

“A huge day” remembered John Gosden, while “wonderful for racing” is Sir Michael Stoute’s view.

Ian Balding was involved, too – “for the first and only time I almost felt sorry for the bookies!”

Wall Street, Diffident and Mark Of Esteem in the feature Queen Elizabeth II Stakes were got the ball rolling in the first three races and all were trained by Bin Suroor, before attention switched to the Gosden-trained Decorated Hero.

Next up was another Bin Suroor runner, Fatefully, before Balding got in on the act with Lochangel.

The history-making moment was left to Stoute’s Fujiyama Crest in the last, and try as Pat Eddery might on runner-up Northern Fleet, he could not get there and pandemonium broke out as Dettori and his partner hung on by a neck.

Bin Suroor said: “It was a great time when Frankie won seven races on that day.

“We were so happy for him and we were also happy for ourselves …

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