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		</div><p>Trip To Paris and Graham Lee took the glory in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.</p>
<p>The 12-1 winner was supplemented for the staying showpiece following his victory in last month’s Chester Cup and was held up for a late run by the Grand National-winning jockey.</p>
<p>Previously unbeaten favourite Forgotten Rules quickened to hit the front passing the two-furlong marker, but the Ed Dunlop-trained Trip To Paris finished powerfully against the far rail and got up to score by a length and a quarter.</p>
<p>Kingfisher failed to get a run when he needed one in the straight and could be counted a little unlucky having come home strongly to grab second.</p>
<p>Forgotten Rules was far from disgraced in third, ahead of Simenon in fourth.</p>
<p>Lee said: &#8220;He gave me a great ride. I got on him in the parade ring and he was so switched off and relaxed and he raced that way.</p>
<p>“He was just conserving his energy and when I turned in there was a gap down the rails. He’s picked up good and he deserved it.<br />
“I’ve had a good day in the office, so I’ll enjoy it.</p>
<p>“They’ve supplemented this guy for a lot of money, so fair do’s to the sporting connections for that gesture.”</p>
<p>Dunlop was following in the footsteps of his father, John, who trained Ragstone to win the Gold Cup in 1974.</p>
<p>“It’s amazing. My parents have the Gold Cup on the dining room at home and it’s been there since 1974,” said the trainer.<br />
“Credit goes to the owners. They bullied me into supplementing and it came off.</p>
<p>“He’s improved a lot. He ran in the King George V Handicap last year with blinkers on.</p>
<p>“We gelded him and that was the making of him. He has a turn of foot for a stayer, he’s won over a mile and a half.</p>
<p>“He’s a very good horse now. He’s won a Chester Cup and a Gold Cup, which is a pretty big deal.”</p>
<p>Dunlop has famously trained Red Cadeaux to fill the runner-up spot in the Melbourne Cup three times and a tilt at the famous race could now be on the agenda for Trip To Paris.</p>
<p>Asked about a trip Down Under, he said: “He’ll probably be badly handicapped now. Various Australians said I shouldn’t be running him in case he went up in the handicap, but he can quicken and he goes in any ground.</p>
<p>“He’s proven today he’s a very good horse and it will be considered.”</p>
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