Stradivarius's bid to emulate Yeats's record of four Ascot Gold Cup victories ended in disappointment on Thursday as Subjectivist prevailed in Royal Ascot's flagship race. Subjectivist, ridden by 50-year-old Irishman Joe Fanning, gave England-based Scottish trainer Mark Johnston his fourth win in the race. Stradivarius and Frankie Dettori met trouble entering the finishing straight, being blocked. Even when the Italian got the three-time winner out in the clear he had too much ground to make up and finished fourth. pi/cdw