Fallen crowned Coronation queen

Fallen For You led home stable companion Starscope to give John Gosden a one-two in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Fallen For You led home stable companion Starscope to give John Gosden a one-two in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

William Buick brought the 12-1 shot through with a swooping challenge in the straight to run out a three-and-a-quarter-length winner.

Starscope filled the runner-up spot, with Irish History rounding off the top three.

Fallen For You made a winning reappearance on the all-weather at Kempton before finishing down the field in a Lingfield Group Three.

With 1000 Guineas heroine Homecoming Queen (9-4 favourite) setting a strong pace, Buick was keen to bide his time.

It proved a wise move as the pacesetters soon faltered.

The trailblazing tactics that were so effective for Homecoming Queen at Newmarket did not pay off in the Irish 1,000 Guineas and she once again faded quickly.

Irish Guineas winner Samitar fared best of the two Mick Channon-trained runners in fourth.

Gosden 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 and 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.”

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