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The very best gathered today at Ascot. A champion will be crowned

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at every distance. It's the richest racing day ever in Britain. Qipco

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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horse, the brilliant Frankel. Ascot, but not as you've ever seen

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it before. This place is full of people, some of them coming racing

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for the very first time. All of them look ago head to four races

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that we have coming up on BBC One that show case the very best of

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horse racing. 25,000 people or more coming through the gates here today.

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Many more because the weather is so beautiful, will have come to enjoy

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the brilliance of Aden O'Brien and Sir Henry Cecil, two trainers who

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undoubtedly will grace the winners enclosure. So much to enjoy. Most

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of it based around the sheer beauty and power and elegance of the race

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horse, the timing and the tactical skill of jockeys as well. Her

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Majesty the Queen is here at Ascot. She arrived shortly and we have had

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one race already. It was the Qipco British champions series long

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distance cup. It was won by a horse who undoubtedly woim press the

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Queen and everybody else watching because he is very well respected

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honourable champion stayer of the season. Fame And Glory took the

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Aidan O'Brien. Second place puts Frankie ahead of

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Tom Queally in the race to be leading jockey over the Champions'

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Series. That will be decided today, so will leading trainer and we are

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here to crown champions every race is a Cup Final. The winners coming

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through a newly erected arch into the winners' enclosure here where

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they are greeted by the huge cheers and roars of the crowd and also the

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all-knowing all-seeing eye of Willie Carson. It's a great day, is

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it not This is absolutely one of the best days I can remember. In my

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riding days, I would have dreamt about things like this happening.

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Of course, I think today is very special because it's the first time

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that we are going to have this. In 200 years' time, we might be

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talking about this day because there might be the name of a race

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named Frankel because I think Frankel is the best horse we've

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ever seen. He's going to prove that today and you will see it and it

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will happen here later on. It's absolutely a fantastic days' racing.

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Even people who watch racing day in and day out and get paid to do it

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as a job are excited about seeing Frankel, unbeaten in eight career

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starts so far. He'll be trying to make it number nine in a row. He's

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the best rated horse in the world. Henry Cecil says he's the best

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horse he's ever trained and he's here for the QEI ch. Ryan Moore is

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in the final race of the Champion Stakes. Two horses to get really

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excited about, but, across-the- board, just quality everywhere you

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look. The jockeys are raring to get going on a day that holds so much

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excitement, they love to perform in front of a big crowd. Eddie Ahern

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in the foreground there. It's not just about the atmosphere and the

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prize money of it, but that is important, �3 million on offer

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throughout the five days, and as Willie says, the right to be

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crowned a champion. Fantastic. do the things that will still be

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talked about in a hundred years is a great day of racing and Rishi is

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here with us too. I'm taking a respite in the shadow

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of the grandstand from this very hot sun today. The runners are

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making their way down to the start for the champions sprint. A couple

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were getting a little warm, but nothing too untoward. The official

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going is good. Surprising because we have had such a dry week, four

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mill metres of water placed on the course. -- milimetres. Here what

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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coming down the six furlong chances of landing this sprint with

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Society Rock and Deacon Blues. He said he would have liked it softer

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for one and firmer for the other, but the fact it's perfect ground,

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he has no excuses and it could be a huge day for James Fanshawe. He's

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had a very good season. The sprinters who line up here

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today have been taking part in the sprint races across this British

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Champion series. There have been 31 races now in a series, four more to

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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come, and let's see how the James Fanshawe's got a very strong

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But it's the champions stakes and the punters are coming out to play.

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Frankp was 2-1, that's gone. I don't think you will get any more

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of that -- Frankel. But So You Think later on, 3-1, into 2-1.

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They're G-G to play, John, the big boys are out to play on one of the

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biggest days of the year. Here, Deacon Blue is cantering down

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to the start. You will notice you are watching racing this afternoon,

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something very different, because the way jockeys are riding their

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finishes, they're using the whip with much more restraint and

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judicial restraint because of the rules that came in on Monday,

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restricting jockeys to seven in the race and five in the final furlong.

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One of the jockeys handed in his licence having picked up 15 days'

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suspension for obeying the rules twice. It wasn't in protest at the

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be Society Rock trained by James Fanshawe.

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He's got two very good sprinters, but I'm sure that Deacon Blues will

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be the run that he thinks has got the biggest chance today. He was a

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little bit worried about the ground because he said that he would like

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a little bit of sponge in the ground. As we have said earlier,

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the ground is perfect and every horse should have an equal chance

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on this type of going. Let's not forget that Freddie has brought

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over a lovely three-year-old filly who he thought was a classic filly.

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Didn't get into the stalls earlier in her career, but she's really

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taken... The green cap. Wearing that to denote second colours but

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she's definitely the more fancied of the two runners. Moonlight

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Cloud's won five to date including her last two. He's struck up a very

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good relationship with her, the jockey. This is a three-year-old

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filly improving, so you would have to think she'd have a very good

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chance, although she's never ran over six furlongs before. She won

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last time over six-and-a-half furlongs, and before that, it was

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always seven furlongs. Six furlongs at Ascot I think will be OK. Speed

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of the essence, Jim, here we go. Six furlongs for the sprint

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Championship, the Qipco British Champions Fillies.

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Night Carnation. Over on the far side, Silverside. Prime Defender

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going through. Hooray. Deacon Blues takes up position behind them,

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followed by Silverside and lab rar know. -- Libranno. Wizz Kid out of

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the centre followed by ladys are forever and median man. Perfect

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Tribute. Genki. The leader is Hooray on the stands rail from

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Deacon Blues getting close to Libranno on the far side. Prime

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Defender, Night Carnation looking for a way through. Moonlight Cloud

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can't get a run. They race up with a furlong to go. Deacon Blues Haas

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the run on the inside. Wizz Kid. Deacon Blues has gone for home.

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It's right up to the line, Deacon Blues will win it. From Wizz Kid,

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Royal Rock and Libranno. Very tight. In behind them, follows Moonlight

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Cloud in company with Night Carnation. Further back in the

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field, Jimmy Styles, but Deacon Blues, Johnny Murtagh, trained by

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James Fanshawe and owned by John and Peter Hopper and Michelle

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Morris. He's won the Qipco British Champions sprint stakes. Let's have

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a lack at them cross the line. Wizz Kid on the far side. There's tea

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conblues. Wizz Kid on the far side. It's a photo third between Libranno

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in the centre and near side Royal Rock. They're clear of the two

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runners. They are Moonlight Cloud with the green cap, near side

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number 14, Night Carnation is next, followed then by Prime Defender who

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was there all the way. Genki's run on from last to be just behind that

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one. Followed by Perfect Tribute. Then Jimmy Styles. Hooray. Followed

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by Society Rock and Medicean Man. Further back, Dafeef and Silverside

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and Ladies Are Forever. The Qipco British Champions sprint has been

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won by Deacon Blues. He's put together five consecutive wins.

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Ridden by Johnny Murtagh and getting applause from the crowd as

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the record. James Fanshawe is happy, as is Johnny Murtagh. What an

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exciting sprinter he is, Deacon Blues. Two races in the Qipco

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British Champions day ran so far and both of them won by truly great

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horses. He is the champion sprinter for the

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series and one could argue, the champion sprinter of the year. He's

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been so consistent this year and a lovely straightforward ride for

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Johnny Murtagh. You saw us giving lead speed guns there, it's not a

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camera, there is a sensor in all of the saddle cloths and we can give

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you the times for all of the horses. You saw them travelling at over

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40mph there. Look at Johnny Murtagh still going easily when every

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jockey is asking their horse for more effort. Deacon Blues finds it

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easy and can go a little quicker when he picks up. He had an

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uncomplicated ride. Sat there, two or three lengths off the pace. Went

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to the front at the top furlong and punched his horse out to have a

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very, very nice win. This horse has done nothing else but just improve.

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This is the best race that he's ran in so far and he's won just as easy

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as the rest of the races he's been winning this year. But today was

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the best opposition and he has won it really well. He was gelded in

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the winter of last year and, of course, ever since then, this guy

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has just kept on improving and improving. He'll be a horse that'll

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be challenging fortune sprinter next year, although today, he is

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the champion! Confirmation that in third place

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was Libranno, Kieren Fallon in third. Deacon Blues out and out

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superstar this season, only beaten once this year and James Fanshawe

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will celebrate in style. The fan fair goes as Deacon Blues nears the

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effusive as Frankie Dettori, he won't give us a flying dismount,

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but he has a smile that will beam up the whole grandstand. A great

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moment for the Fanshawe family and Johnny Murtagh and for Deacon Blues.

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There is Jan and Peter and Michelle Morris.

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Just a great performance. To be able to keep a horse going through

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a long season in good races and keep... Keep on improving. You know,

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this was a group two today. The next thing, is he'll have to

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compete in group one races. Obviously, these Championship races

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next year, you would have to think that the board will have to upgrade

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some of the races and make them into more, instead of a group two

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next year, possibly a group one, and you will get the horses

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throughout the world deciding to come to compete for the prize money

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and our group one races. What a great reception for him. It helps

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when you are riding the favourite and a lot of people have made money

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from you, but a lovely atmosphere here today. The Royal meeting, we

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get a lot of people at the Royal meeting, but today, if you look

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round, you see all the steps around the paddock, in the saddling

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enclosure, it's just full! More relaxed than the Royal meeting, it

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feels like it's unfettered and people have let loose with their

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emotions. In the Royal meeting you can't get close to everybody

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because ladies wear big hats! The distances there: A length and a

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season. He'd won here at the Royal meeting, won the Woking Handicap,

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but then he took a step up. He went to Newbury, but the real one was at

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the Curragh in August and he won by seven lengths. He went to Newbury

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again, came back to five furlongs. This is his optimum trip, six

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furlongs, I would say. He's absolutely top notch, this horse.

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And a worthy winner. Fame And Glory won and Deacon Blues won the sprint

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and both will be contenders for top honours. Maybe not quite in this

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fellow yet, but as Willie said, next year, we'll probably see him

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in that cat gloir glory. Anyway, Deacon Blues, the winner -- -- in

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that category. ropes now, that was a terrible

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result for the bookies. We said it was 3-1 earlier, because of the

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first one that won, now 2-1 solid, So You Think for the Champion

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Stakes. This horse, by the way, when he won the Wokingham off 98

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Deacon Blues... I know somebody who backed hit. I I do.

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James Fanshawe and Johnny Murtagh, James, first of all the improvement

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this horse has shown this season is remarkable. Could you have

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predicted it at the start of the season? No, no. I always felt it

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was a nice three-year-old horse. I think he ran tn times a as three-

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year-old and one one. He's the most amazing horse and has improved

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since The Wokingham. Was it difficult getting this man back on

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board or much difficulty convincing Frankie to take the seat on the

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side? Not sure but I felt to keep it fair, Johnny was the first to

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ride the hor, he won the Wokingham on him -- ride the horse. Johnny

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won on Soviet Song. Deacon Blue has his backside right next to the

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camera, be careful. James is a great trainer, he

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probably doesn't know how good he is, but for the big days, they

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usually win. He's a lovely man, got a great family and he looked after

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me very well. I'm very grateful to him for putting me back on this

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horse. From the day I won at the Curragh I thought, this is a true

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group one horse. Why? He won by seven lengths at the Curragh, never

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came out of second gear, I knew there was a lot more to give and

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James was, after the race, was ringing up saying he came out of

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the race really well. That's a great sign of a horse. The way the

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race went for you today was just about perfect? James said to me go

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to the rails, Miles Prescott and he got there a bit soon but his

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momentum was up and he won very easy because I followed him. I

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think he's a genuine group one horse. What a day this is, James.

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Henry Cecil coming over to congratulate you, the crowd, the

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atmosphere, how great was that? fantastic day. Great for Qipco to

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provide all the wonderful prize money, a lovely crowd, lovely

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ground and a great day and Deacon Blues won which is great. A real

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credit to the owners, they bred him with Mr and Mrs Grundy. For a small

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stud, it's an amazing achievement. Every time there's a big meeting,

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you are here. Society Rock down the Golden Jubilee again here,

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fantastic? Well, I'm glad I have a lucky track because I love Ascot.

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S in our second race. We'll have a look at the start for youfplt I

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highlighted where the winner, Perfect Tribute who again is rather

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messing around in the gates and, because misses half a beat, gets a

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little scramble there with Society Rock. From that stage, Perfect

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Tribute is struggling all the way through the race? Yes, you can see

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he's desperate to get himself into a decent position but is unable to

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do it. Two that didn't have the easiest of runs through. Two of the

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French horses, Wizz Kid, the eventual runner up there, and

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Moonlight Cloud with a green cap there. It almost looked as if,

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although she's up from five furlongs since last time she run,

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they were going too fast, she couldn't hold her place? Yes, you

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need to get into the hole as soon as it appears and the racing is

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very tight with no room for the horse to get through. When the gap

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comes, Murtagh got a great split off the rail with the winner and

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he's gone. The one from the right with the green cap is trying to get

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through and she, all the time, tries to get a run through, gets

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stopped between the two and the one furlong. Unfortunately, that's

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sprinting. the drive position, keeping as low

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as he can and punching the air there, knowing he's got it in the

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bag. The lower you get in the saddle and the lower you can get to

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your horse's head, the faster and lower the horse will gal lop. It's

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-- gallon. If you sit down on a horse, you are telling the horse

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without pushing the Rehns, go faster, because his stride gets

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longer and he grabs the ground a bit more -- the reins. With the

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number of cracks restricted and the jockeys made the point that a lot

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of that is to do with the sound it makes, are they growling and

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shouting more do you think to try and motivate a horse? When we had

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the Derby I never spoke for three days because of screaming. Yes,

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well, that's one way, you know, basically you are trying to

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frighten the horse because he wants to give up and you don't want him

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to give up. So you have to be doing something to keep them going. The

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whip is a method, possibly an easy method, of keeping them going. It's

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an essential, essential part of a jockey's tool, the whip.

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Interesting to see how different the finishes look with restricted

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use of it and the presentation here for the Qipco sprint being made by

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Sheikh Altani. The Great Britain men's hockey team are around as

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well. James Fanshawe receiving and Johnny Murtagh will now get a huge

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round of applause. Such a reliable jockey, he has a big, big chance

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coming up on Dancing Rain who he won the Oaks on. Jan and Peter and

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mike and Michelle will be thrilled with the success is. Here is what

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Roger Varian who took over from the much-missed Michael Jarvis. He has

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good chances today. Frankie Dettori gave us a chance to see how he

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lives at home and talked about how to keep himself motivated in his

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40th year. He's so much part of it. Part of Ascot. Yes, his enthusiasm

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helps people to get into something and enjoy it. Do you know, I was

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interviewing the guy who wrote Warhorse and we saw the puppets

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here today. I spoke to Michael in the morning and he said, could you

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say thank you to him for making racing so much fun. Good! Isn't

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that nice? It is. That's all you have to do now is write into the

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BBC and say how much you've enjoyed today's racing. Please do that.

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Thank you! Or you can send it direct to Willie Carson as fan mail.

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We are celebrating the very best of horse racing and jockeyship and

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it's a culmination of a week when racing has made more headlines than

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one would have necessarily wanted. Rishi rounds up the week's whip

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woes. Three weeks ago, new rules were announced in the sport of

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Kings and, at the time, the majority of people seemed happy.

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Concerns over public perception of racing saw the whip hits being

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reduced to seven and five in the final furlong. There are there is

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controversy and the new rule is only five days old. Several jockeys

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are threatening to withdraw. DisUnite amongst them reach this

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level when the popular and widely admired Richard Hughes... One of

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the most respected men in the weighing room has quit riding after

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picking up two bans totalling 15 days. The way is rule is structured,

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they are making us hit the horse more. I was the foremost of all the

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boys in the weighing room saying serve season a good thing, we need

:29:12.:29:15.

change in racing, just two weeks before the rules came out, we

:29:15.:29:20.

mensed our concerns about the last furlong. Unfortunately, it fell on

:29:20.:29:24.

deef ears, but a rule can't really be tested until it's brought into

:29:24.:29:27.

effect. As soon as it was brought in, I think it's been proven they

:29:27.:29:31.

were finding it very difficult. What is it going to take to get you

:29:31.:29:35.

back into the saddle? I want them to change the rule, not for me but

:29:35.:29:39.

for the good of the sport. Serve none the last furlong, you know, if

:29:39.:29:43.

you are allowed to hit them seven at your own discretion, do it

:29:43.:29:47.

within the rules giving them time to respond and maybe have a look at

:29:47.:29:52.

the severity. Five days is a long time. Let the stewards use their

:29:52.:29:57.

discretion. If I come back and get done once more, I miss 30 days so I

:29:57.:30:00.

wouldn't come back. I wouldn't do the horses any justice and the

:30:00.:30:05.

position I'm in, I'll be saying, should I pick my stick up, should I

:30:05.:30:08.

not, the only thing you should be thinking about is winning, that's

:30:08.:30:12.

what the sport is all about. Richard Hughes is here as a

:30:12.:30:15.

spectator and handed in his licence on Thursday night because he was so

:30:15.:30:25.
:30:25.:30:29.

cross at the severity of the of Richard Hughes is he has come

:30:29.:30:33.

here today to apologise to the man who runs Qipco and has put the

:30:33.:30:37.

money behind this series and this Champions' Day to say I'm really

:30:37.:30:40.

sorry that because of what I did, I distracted people from building up

:30:40.:30:45.

this great day. You know I really hope, he will reconsider. There's a

:30:45.:30:49.

big meeting on Monday between the professional Jockeys' Association

:30:49.:30:52.

and the British horse racing authority wr, they will look and

:30:52.:30:56.

possibly take on board Richard's session, seven is fine. But make is

:30:56.:30:59.

seven over the course of the race. But it's difficult to see the

:30:59.:31:02.

furlong marker, particularly in you're in a sprint race in the mid.

:31:02.:31:07.

Course. How do you know, genuinely know when you're inside the final

:31:07.:31:10.

furlong. How many times due not see the furlong pole? I was usualfully

:31:10.:31:15.

front by then. I never used the whip actually. Be serious. Richard

:31:15.:31:20.

Hughes is a very serious and you know, he's one of the stable people,

:31:20.:31:23.

thinking people in the weighing room wha. He says you have to

:31:23.:31:30.

listen to. His views have to be taken on board. The weigh-in room,

:31:30.:31:34.

I've been there today, they're not happy. They are not happy. It's

:31:34.:31:39.

nothing to do with the actual stick, it's the penalties and possibly

:31:39.:31:44.

this furlong marker. If you get, like today in that last race, just

:31:44.:31:50.

watch that last race, just now, how many jockeys would know they've

:31:50.:31:53.

gone past the furlong pole all grouped together? You would have an

:31:53.:31:57.

idea, but you wouldn't know, when you went past the pole. Now

:31:57.:32:05.

naturally, you could get one too many. Do you think in the long run

:32:05.:32:09.

and if a compromise can be reached and the jockeys are happier with

:32:09.:32:12.

doing away with the furlong marker rule, do you think that this will

:32:12.:32:16.

be for the good of racing and an -- and in a year's time we will look

:32:16.:32:21.

back on this day, saying that was even better because the whip rules

:32:21.:32:31.

have come in. Yes, this is the way we have to go. They're being

:32:31.:32:34.

bullied by the animal rights people. Do you think they are snfrplgts yes,

:32:34.:32:37.

they are. That's the reason why they're doing it. It's for the

:32:37.:32:41.

benefit of the sport we're told. The benefit of our sport, who runs

:32:41.:32:47.

the sport, the BHA, who pays for it? The punter. Who's asked the

:32:47.:32:51.

punt whaer they want. None of the punters have been told about the

:32:51.:32:56.

whip rules. Are you going to - do you mean, it's been all over the

:32:56.:33:01.

papers? They read the forms. They're not idiots. They're not

:33:01.:33:05.

being asked. The punter is the person we should be looking up to,

:33:05.:33:09.

what they have to say. Of course, there will be a lot of punters

:33:09.:33:14.

won't be having bets in the next few days, just to see how this is

:33:14.:33:19.

going to go because this is a tool that essential to keep a horse

:33:19.:33:24.

going, not to beat him. I don't think anyone disputes that. You

:33:24.:33:27.

have said to me earlier in the year that you felt jockeys were using

:33:27.:33:35.

their stick too much. Yes. I agree with that. So the rule needed to be

:33:35.:33:39.

looked at. Yes, I agree with that. I agree with getting the numbers

:33:39.:33:43.

down to seven, eight, nine, whatever the number. The jockeys

:33:43.:33:48.

could handle that. This furlong marker and the penalties, oh, the

:33:48.:33:53.

penalties, well they're putting people out of business. Their

:33:53.:33:56.

livelihood is going. What about the wife? What about the kids at home,

:33:56.:34:01.

not getting paid? They're not thinking about that, are are they?

:34:01.:34:06.

You get six months off for two offences? That means they're not

:34:06.:34:10.

going to earn for six months. How many people can handle that? Not

:34:10.:34:15.

many. That is your view on the whip issues and his reaction to what has

:34:15.:34:21.

come in on Monday. Still some work to be done I suspect. The fillies

:34:21.:34:25.

and maerz for the next race are parading now.

:34:25.:34:31.

The sunshine is making a lot of these horses look fantastic. We'll

:34:31.:34:38.

talk first at number seven, Meeznah. She's got better through the season.

:34:38.:34:41.

She's carrying plenty of condition. She certainly does for this time of

:34:41.:34:45.

the year as well. Top man on board, Frankie Dettori. He'll be keen to

:34:45.:34:52.

get off the mark here. Behind her horse number five, Ferdoos. We

:34:52.:34:59.

haven't seen much of her this season. Only one run. It was a very

:34:59.:35:04.

good young trainer. Number four is Crystal Capella. I understand she

:35:04.:35:08.

may be having her last race ever. She's getting a little bit warm.

:35:08.:35:12.

wouldn't say that's a negative. This is a warm day. These are

:35:12.:35:17.

fillies. Some of them are getting their winter coat. Sir Michael

:35:17.:35:24.

stout has had a tough time this year. What do you mean, getting

:35:24.:35:28.

hairy? Yes, unlike us they need extra hair for the winter. Vita

:35:28.:35:35.

Nova is likely to be a well fancied runner. Two weeks ago Henry ses I

:35:35.:35:41.

ill -- Cecil thought she might have been cast in a box. What does that

:35:41.:35:45.

mean? That is like somebody throwing into a bed and being

:35:45.:35:49.

unable to get out of it. That's the situation. The horse was flat on

:35:49.:35:54.

its back, trapped in a korn, unable to get itself out of the situation,

:35:54.:35:57.

crashing and banging to get away from the wall. They worry that

:35:57.:36:02.

maybe she might have done herself an injury. She is OK. Henry ses

:36:02.:36:07.

sill said before she ran in the Yorkshire oaks she was cast in a

:36:07.:36:10.

box. But she's here and ready to do her best.

:36:10.:36:15.

You can see Henry talking to Tom Queally about Vita Nova. She's

:36:15.:36:22.

always thought an awful lot of this filly. She said "She's a lovely

:36:22.:36:28.

filly." It could be a huge, huge day for Henry Cecil. Frankel in the

:36:28.:36:38.
:36:38.:36:46.

race after next. Then Midday as well. Roger Varion is over here.

:36:46.:36:51.

Neilicalon rides Ferdoos, a key part of Roger's team and a man he

:36:51.:37:01.

relies upon. Neilicalon -- Callan going for a leg up on Ferdoos.

:37:01.:37:08.

She's a filly who has only had one race this year. Her form is

:37:08.:37:13.

possibly one of the best in the race. Absolutely. But she's been

:37:13.:37:21.

off a long time. So it all depends on her fitness today. Michael

:37:21.:37:25.

Stoute walking over here giving Ryan a leg up on Crystal Capella.

:37:25.:37:29.

She looks, a lot of these fillies because of the time of year, their

:37:29.:37:33.

coats have gone slightly. I would say Crystal Capella looks a bit

:37:33.:37:38.

woolly. And Ferdoos has had a trace clip. A lot of fur has been taken

:37:38.:37:42.

off. They've got on a sweat today because they've got longer coats

:37:42.:37:47.

than they should have. Yeah Vita Nova is very, very warm. She looks

:37:47.:37:53.

well. It's a very, very classy race and a lot to work out in terms of

:37:53.:37:58.

form and ability, also emotion running high. It will if Ferdoos is

:37:58.:38:04.

successful here for Roger Varian. I mentioned he took over from Michael

:38:04.:38:07.

Jarvis, a hugely popular trainer who died last month. Roger had

:38:07.:38:13.

taken over the license at Michael's incestence and his wife Gaye very

:38:13.:38:17.

closely involved as well. We keep our fingers crossed for Ferdoos.

:38:17.:38:21.

Let's find out more about one of the newest trainers on this

:38:21.:38:27.

champions stage. First day he came here, it was as

:38:27.:38:32.

though he had been here forever. was in a privileged position to

:38:32.:38:36.

train with a big string of horses. He was always level headed, very

:38:36.:38:40.

sensible, very much like Michael Michael was very good to me,

:38:40.:38:46.

setting me up and giving me owners to support me. Over ten, 12 years

:38:46.:38:50.

built up our relationship to him. He was like a son that Michael

:38:50.:38:56.

never had really. With the family, they've been great to me. It's a

:38:56.:38:59.

secure way for me to feel I can start training and give it

:38:59.:39:09.
:39:09.:39:18.

know, you're not a roaring trainer, who goes "Look at me, I'm going

:39:18.:39:22.

have winners." Do you it quietly. think if you roar too much about

:39:22.:39:26.

your horses, horses have a good way of making you look silly at times.

:39:26.:39:30.

We try and be honest about horses and I don't think we hide anything.

:39:30.:39:34.

If they're good enough and in good form and run well and can win, we

:39:34.:39:38.

let them dot talking. Ferdoos is one of the favourites for the

:39:38.:39:43.

fillies and mares race. She won her only start at Haydock this year in

:39:43.:39:50.

May. She's always been a little bit wary of everything around her. When

:39:50.:39:55.

the camera first came close to her, she had a good look at it. In her

:39:55.:40:00.

races as well, certainly at Haydock, final furlong there, Neil's arm

:40:00.:40:04.

came up, she almost duck add way from it. She should be getting the

:40:04.:40:09.

hang of it by now. She can run true to the line, if she's in with a

:40:09.:40:16.

chance. This is one is lovely. She's a very attractive filly, very

:40:16.:40:26.
:40:26.:40:28.

pretty. Very sweet natured. It was Naharain who gave him his first win.

:40:28.:40:32.

Frankie Dettori squeezing through a narrow gap. The timing of it was

:40:32.:40:37.

special. Two days before we had the service for Michael in Newmarket.

:40:37.:40:44.

The filly ran 48 hours later to put her nose in front, it was really

:40:44.:40:53.

special. I guess some things are meant to be. That one of them.

:40:53.:40:57.

Frankie's a fun foreign share a moment like that with, because he's

:40:57.:41:03.

going to be valiant. He's a world class jockey and a great showman as

:41:03.:41:09.

well. He jumps off and hugs and kisses everyone. For a first big

:41:09.:41:13.

wiber here -- winner here, it was a special day. You went through

:41:13.:41:18.

something in those three days of an incredibly emotional low to a great

:41:18.:41:26.

high. How do you deal with that? Well, it's a course of life a

:41:26.:41:36.

little bit. We often have lows and highs and they can come close

:41:36.:41:44.

together. I had, last year, I lost my brother, tragically, only five

:41:44.:41:49.

days before I got married last August. It puts everything into

:41:49.:41:55.

perspective and it puts training race horses into perspective. It's

:41:55.:42:05.
:42:05.:42:05.

just been 13, 14 months, which you wouldn't believe the ups and downs.

:42:05.:42:10.

Over the last year, Roger Varian has gone through so much and this,

:42:10.:42:15.

the filly that carries his hopes, Ferdoos, Neil Callan in the saddle.

:42:15.:42:19.

She is well fancied for this race. We hope this will be the start of

:42:19.:42:23.

life improving for Roger. His wife is expecting their first baby next

:42:23.:42:30.

month. Gaye Jarvis is here as well today. Keep your fingers crossed

:42:30.:42:34.

and wish her well. Let's show you the fillies and mares who have been

:42:34.:42:44.
:42:44.:42:56.

successful over the Qipco series Dettori!

:42:56.:43:02.

COMMENTATOR: Dancing Rain is going to get it. What a ride by Johnny

:43:02.:43:12.
:43:12.:43:29.

She wins the Coronation Stakes in here. Here comes Midday now

:43:29.:43:39.
:43:39.:43:39.

unleashed by Queally. She's holding on. Blue Bunting strikes the front.

:43:39.:43:44.

She's going to win the Yorkshire oaks.

:43:44.:43:48.

Blue bunting sadly not able to be with us today. You'll see Midday

:43:48.:43:53.

running later and Imperial Guest taking on Frankel. Dancing Rain --

:43:53.:43:58.

Immortal Verse taking on Frankel. Dancing Rain won one of the

:43:58.:44:02.

qualifiers in the oaks at Epsom. She was 20-1 that day. Everybody

:44:02.:44:07.

knows about her now. She has a big chance. Leets' -- let's see what's

:44:07.:44:12.

favourite whether there is money for Dancing Rain or Vita Nova.

:44:12.:44:22.
:44:22.:44:29.

too much money for Dancing Rain at Vita Nova will ge off favourite.

:44:29.:44:35.

Don't forget Ferdoos last week was 6-1. It's been an anti-post gamble.

:44:35.:44:40.

All the punters who fancied Ferdoos have been on all week. They've been

:44:40.:44:46.

taking the 11-2 and 5-1. Ferdoos still strong.

:44:46.:44:49.

Let's look at the fillies now they've arrived at the start. Vita

:44:49.:44:57.

Nova has to be one of the most unlucky fillies in training. Her

:44:57.:45:01.

saddle slipped. Ferdoos won the race. Yes. Her saddle slipped. Tom

:45:01.:45:05.

Queally was very, very luck tkwroi stay on board. Actually, it was

:45:05.:45:15.
:45:15.:45:18.

Gertrude Bell. This is Brushing. She doesn't fancy the tunnel at all.

:45:18.:45:21.

She's through the tunnel Claire, now she's out. She doesn't want to

:45:21.:45:29.

go further. We talks about fillies and their coats, and their term

:45:29.:45:35.

perplts -- term perplts. Yes we know about that. It just needs

:45:35.:45:39.

tender handling. That's where I've been going wrong. Exactly! Looks

:45:39.:45:43.

like Kieron has persuaded her it might be nice to go in the sunshine

:45:43.:45:49.

and see the crowds. There she goes. You see, tender handling worked.

:45:49.:45:59.
:45:59.:46:00.

Yeah, really simple. We're learning. She has an outside chance Brushing.

:46:00.:46:06.

We talked about Vita Nova and how she could kick off three massive

:46:06.:46:11.

races. There's two things going on for Henry Cecil. There's individual

:46:11.:46:14.

horses. The chance to be the leading trainer through the

:46:14.:46:19.

champion series. And the other thing is the overall championship.

:46:19.:46:25.

He has to get 1.5 million. Richard Hannon virtually has it in the bag.

:46:25.:46:28.

Sir Henry with a smile on his face. The Queen will knight him in the

:46:28.:46:32.

Autumn. There's Ed Dunlop next to him.

:46:32.:46:39.

They're having a chat and a laugh. He's always got one of those

:46:39.:46:44.

charoots in his hand. His father was exactly the same. Very nervous

:46:44.:46:50.

training these high-class fillies. Henry Cecil there. The Queen is a

:46:50.:46:53.

big fan. She doesn't have horses training with him. When Her Majesty

:46:53.:46:58.

goes to Newmarket gallops Henry makes a point of going over and say

:46:58.:47:01.

hello. Let's say well done to Her Majesty, she had a winner in France

:47:01.:47:05.

the other day trained by John Hammond, the first time for 15

:47:05.:47:11.

years. Meeznah, trained by David Lanigan. I think you have a fancy

:47:11.:47:16.

for. It's a filly who keeps on improving. She keeps Frankie gets

:47:16.:47:21.

on well with his filly. Yes, she has to improve again today to win

:47:21.:47:27.

on her form at Doncaster. That was a very good performance there. This

:47:27.:47:33.

is, Claire, we've got championship races, you know, it's like Cup

:47:33.:47:39.

Finals. Every race is the ultimate. This race, there's a lot of fillies

:47:39.:47:47.

who are trying to win and be the best. The temper mental Brushing

:47:47.:47:52.

will be the last to join the group. Let's look at the course here

:47:52.:48:02.
:48:02.:48:10.

at Ascot. This is the finale for the great fillies. The mile-and-a-

:48:10.:48:16.

half is one of the toughest races to run at Ascot. Having a good

:48:16.:48:23.

position is key, the first bit of the race. You have an uphill rise

:48:23.:48:28.

to the final bend. Position is key. So one or two off the rail is very

:48:28.:48:35.

important. Sometimes, you can be -- there can be traffic problems in

:48:35.:48:38.

the bend. As you approach the straight there's three furlongs to

:48:38.:48:41.

go. There's plenty of time to find yourself in a good, challenging

:48:41.:48:51.
:48:51.:48:51.

position. Having a horse with a final kick is very important.

:48:52.:49:01.

So Ferdoos and Vita Nova joint favourites at 7-2.

:49:01.:49:05.

I think everybody is saving their money for Frankel. There's about 40

:49:05.:49:10.

minutes to go. The atmosphere down here is live. In this race, no 7-2

:49:10.:49:20.
:49:20.:49:22.

the field. I can't find a favourite, can you? Banimpire she's had six

:49:22.:49:29.

wins this season. She won the Ribbledael. She's had a hard, long

:49:29.:49:39.
:49:39.:49:43.

season. They keep producing. This is a fantastic race. It is a good

:49:43.:49:50.

race. They're loading up quickly. COMMENTATOR: There's Johnny Murtagh,

:49:50.:49:55.

already a winner on the board. Can he make it a dibble? That's it,

:49:55.:50:05.
:50:05.:50:13.

they're ready. Set and racing. field, the yellow jacket the

:50:13.:50:20.

outside. In the centre, Banimpire. Further back the inside Bible Belt.

:50:20.:50:26.

Brushing is pulling hard back in the field. Crystal Capella on

:50:26.:50:30.

settling down, Dancing Rain the leader on the inside for the big

:50:30.:50:36.

white face of Gertrude Bell. They're a length-and-a-half now.

:50:36.:50:40.

39mph downhill as they run to swindly boat om. Vita Nova in

:50:40.:50:46.

fourth. Followed by Ferdoos and on the inside Banimpire. They're a

:50:46.:50:49.

length-and-a-half clear of Bible Belt who's out the back now.

:50:49.:50:56.

Brushing giving them a start. So too Crystal Capella and Cill

:50:56.:51:00.

Rialaig. Just under seven furlongs to travel. In front it's Dancing

:51:00.:51:05.

Rain. By the best part of four lengths, to Gertrude Bell. Half a

:51:05.:51:10.

length away Vita Nova, followed by Meeznah, the outside. Banimpire

:51:10.:51:13.

behind them on the inside of Ferdoos and then Bible Belt.

:51:14.:51:18.

Brushing out of back in company with Crystal Capella and Cill

:51:19.:51:28.

Rialaig. Dancing Rain is doing all the work. Gertrude Bell next the

:51:28.:51:34.

outside, travelling kindly. A length to Vita Nova, the inside

:51:34.:51:37.

from Meeznah, then Banimpire on the inside of Ferdoos. Who is being

:51:37.:51:41.

anythingled. Followed by Bible Belt from Brushing, Crystal Capella. No

:51:41.:51:45.

significant change. Dancing Rain has got them on the stretch as they

:51:45.:51:49.

turn the corner. A leng-and-a-half inside of Gertrude Bell, Vita Nova

:51:49.:51:55.

behind them. Followed by Meeznah and further back is Bible Belt.

:51:55.:52:00.

They Set Sail, for two furlongs to travel. Dancing Rain in front from

:52:00.:52:06.

Gertrude Bell. Vita Nova. Banimpire down the outside with Meeznah.

:52:06.:52:12.

Still Dancing Rain with a furlong to go responding well for Johnny

:52:12.:52:16.

Murtagh. Bible Belt with a late surge now on the outside. It's

:52:16.:52:20.

still Dancing Rain in fronts. And Dancing Rain is going all the way.

:52:20.:52:25.

What a performance. Dancing Rain goes on to win it well, from in

:52:25.:52:30.

second place, Bible Belt, Gertrude Bell and Crystal Capella finish,

:52:30.:52:39.

followed by Cill Rialaig, then Meeznah, Vita Nova is one of the

:52:39.:52:42.

last to pull up in company there with Brushing. The winner is

:52:42.:52:49.

Dancing Rain. A double for Johnny Murtagh. 6-1 winner of the Qipco

:52:49.:52:54.

British champions fillies and mares stakes over a mile-and-a-half.

:52:54.:53:04.
:53:04.:53:19.

Second is Bible Belt ridden diFran all the way. Cill Rialaig came from

:53:19.:53:29.
:53:29.:53:30.

the rear. Vita Nova, disappointing, came into the straight with a real

:53:30.:53:40.
:53:40.:53:50.

the winner is Number 11, Dancing Rain, the oaks winner at Epsom from

:53:50.:53:58.

Johnny Murtagh. A really class filly, trained by wig yum haggis

:53:58.:54:06.

and ridden by Johnny Murtagh. Second, Bible Belt trained by

:54:06.:54:10.

Jessie Harrington. Third number six Gertrude Bell trained by John

:54:10.:54:20.
:54:20.:54:24.

Gosden and ridden by Buick. -- Murtagh in two very different

:54:25.:54:29.

manners. He makes the running on Dancing Rain goes fast early on,

:54:29.:54:33.

steadies up all around the bend and picks up again from the front.

:54:33.:54:37.

Hugely disappointing runs from Vita Nova, who looked too keen early on

:54:37.:54:40.

from Ferdoos in yellow, dropping out now. Crystal Capella was never

:54:40.:54:45.

really in it. Out in front, you cannot deny that this filly,

:54:45.:54:49.

Dancing Rain, is proper quality. She's an oaks winner, a German oaks

:54:49.:54:55.

winner and now the champion for the fillies and mares division. Yes,

:54:55.:54:59.

Johnny Murtagh dictated matters. He grabbed the lead, slow it up and

:54:59.:55:02.

picked it up when he wanted to. Johnny will have a smile from ear

:55:03.:55:07.

to ear. He gets a lot of pleasure in riding this sort of race. He

:55:07.:55:11.

loves the big crowd. He loves the big day. He's taking Dancing Rain

:55:11.:55:14.

downed in front of the stands now it get the appreciation of the

:55:14.:55:18.

crowd. I think a the lo of people will have backed her at 6-1 "Hang

:55:18.:55:26.

on, she won the oaks, didn't she?" She is a top-class filly. I'm just

:55:26.:55:34.

disappointed I didn't get on. run from Bible Belt in second.

:55:34.:55:38.

be delighted with that. I saw her when I came in here and said "You

:55:38.:55:42.

look very smart today." She sd "So I should. It's a big day and we're

:55:42.:55:47.

trying to nick a bit of prize money." Gertrude Bell has been a

:55:47.:55:49.

consistent horse. And Crystal Capella running on there, yellow

:55:49.:55:54.

cap in the back of the shot, finishing fourth. That confirmed

:55:54.:56:01.

the last race of her career. She'll be retired to stud. We will see a

:56:01.:56:05.

foal of hers in future years. a lovely horse this winner is.

:56:05.:56:11.

She's a strong, tough and exactly what you need. In -- the amount of

:56:11.:56:14.

winners Johnny Murtagh has ridden on the big stage, he'll get a lot

:56:14.:56:24.
:56:24.:56:26.

of pleasure out of this. Look at him.

:56:26.:56:31.

William haggis getting the congratulations an the owners will

:56:31.:56:41.
:56:41.:56:42.

be so thrilled. What a valuable mare she is and how much she has

:56:42.:56:45.

gathered this season. I remember how surprised, not surprised, when

:56:45.:56:52.

we saw her win at Epsom, we thought, hello, where has she come from.

:56:52.:57:02.
:57:02.:57:03.

Maureen Haggas, his wife, rides. There will be a great reception for

:57:03.:57:07.

Johnny Murtagh here. He's a hugely popular jockey. My word, he is good.

:57:07.:57:12.

He really is. Great judge of pace. CHEERING

:57:12.:57:15.

Strong jockey in the finish as well. He's done. It Very popular with the

:57:15.:57:20.

lads as well. This will mean plenty. They like to see one of their own

:57:20.:57:23.

grabbing it. Even though Johnny is based in Ireland now, they treat

:57:23.:57:29.

him as one of their own. Still best friends with Frankie Dettori.

:57:29.:57:33.

him a hotel bill. Exactly, all the things important.

:57:33.:57:38.

This is what you call a real money spinner, if you're an owner. This

:57:38.:57:45.

Dancing Rain, who cost �200 -- 200,000 guineas as a yearling,

:57:45.:57:50.

she's only won four races and three of them have been six-figure sums.

:57:50.:57:57.

She won the oaks at Epsom 184,000. She won the German occasion 198,000.

:57:57.:58:03.

Today, she's won the Qipco British champions fillies and mares stakes

:58:03.:58:08.

�141 ,000 to the winner. So that is a money spinner. If you're going to

:58:08.:58:12.

win races, you may as well win them with that sort of prize money,

:58:12.:58:22.
:58:22.:58:27.

really, really valuable filly now with us now. Do you think she'll

:58:27.:58:30.

get the recognition for being an outstanding filly snfrplts as long

:58:30.:58:35.

as she keeps winning like that, she will. Yeah, yeah, we think she's

:58:35.:58:39.

outstanding. She's fantastic. good was the ride? It's always a

:58:39.:58:43.

good ride when they win. I've always believed that. He did very

:58:43.:58:48.

well. Johnny was cross after Irish oaks and felt he didn't make enough

:58:48.:58:54.

use of her. He came in and said, "I don't usually make the same mistake

:58:54.:58:58.

twice." He certainly didn't do that today. He seemed to judge the

:58:58.:59:04.

fractions to perfection. Yeah, he D he's a top-class rider. I must say,

:59:04.:59:10.

my wife Maureen rides this filly every day, as she did Diva Dream,

:59:10.:59:15.

who she lost last weekend. She said today that the filly felt as good

:59:15.:59:20.

as ever, if not better. Full credit to her. She deserves all the glory,

:59:20.:59:24.

not me. Are we going to see her next year? I think the plan is to

:59:24.:59:30.

go to Japan on the 13th November. Very much next year, absolutely.

:59:30.:59:34.

Well done. We're going to swap you over with Johnny. Once again,

:59:34.:59:38.

another fantastic ride. This one you had to be a bit more cunning

:59:38.:59:45.

than on Deacon Blues, is that fair? This one, listen, I wasn't going to

:59:45.:59:52.

make a mess like in the Irish stakes. We were going a good pace

:59:52.:59:56.

there. The ground was tacky and I stopped the momentum. She ran right

:59:56.:00:02.

up on the heels at the the end. Today was building gallop all the

:00:02.:00:06.

way. William says let her use that momentum and she's got a good high

:00:06.:00:10.

cruising gear and can quicken off it. Were you aware how quick you

:00:10.:00:14.

were going. The winning time was half a second slower than the

:00:14.:00:18.

course record. It was a good one all the way. I knew, I let her roll

:00:18.:00:25.

down the hill. She was going plenty quick enough, but I didn't want to

:00:25.:00:28.

disappoint. She's a good galloper. She would stay well. The others

:00:29.:00:35.

would have to stay to get me. Fair dos to her, very brave. I don't

:00:35.:00:38.

think she'd have been able to do that in oaks time. She was a bit

:00:38.:00:44.

weak. Today she was able to. She's got a lot stronger and she could

:00:44.:00:48.

maintain the high cruise for mile- and-a-half. You're glad they

:00:48.:00:58.
:00:58.:01:08.

brought Champions' Day to Ascot. performance.

:01:08.:01:13.

Gary, the atmosphere is bubbling up nicely? It's amazing. You look at

:01:13.:01:16.

that stand behind you and I hope they've got plenty of nuts and

:01:16.:01:20.

bolts there because, I'll tell you what, if Frankel wins, the roof

:01:20.:01:24.

could fall off here, everybody wants Frankel, don't they,

:01:24.:01:29.

fantastic! And I think he will win. How far will he win, John? Under

:01:29.:01:32.

three lengths. I don't think so. think the French horse might give

:01:32.:01:38.

him a little race. Do you really? We'll find out, that race due off

:01:38.:01:44.

at 3.35. Look at this for a man that puts in the miles Earl earlier.

:01:44.:01:49.

This is Johnny Murtagh, runs around the course before every race, he

:01:49.:01:55.

needs to sweat a lot. He does it because it pays off on days like

:01:55.:02:05.
:02:05.:02:09.

Rain won this. My glamorous Assistant is smaller than the

:02:09.:02:14.

previous one. You all right? No box here. Dancing Rain from the outside.

:02:14.:02:18.

We have heard already from Johnny Murtagh that it's a very fast time.

:02:18.:02:23.

We saw from the time, the average speed was 40mph going downhill for

:02:23.:02:28.

a mile and a half race earlier on, that is a quick speed? This part is

:02:28.:02:31.

downhill and you can see Johnny using his hands to go with the

:02:31.:02:35.

stride of the filly. He's stayed out wide, didn't want to come

:02:35.:02:38.

across to the horses to set her alight. He wanted to keep her away

:02:38.:02:43.

from the other horses, get her to the front and then slide towards

:02:43.:02:49.

the inside rail and get her off the bridle, get her relaxed and into a

:02:49.:02:59.
:02:59.:02:59.

very nice rhythm. He did that. she is. This is where he's in front

:02:59.:03:03.

of the field going quite quickly because we got a nice time and this

:03:03.:03:08.

is the point where you come around the corner and start climbing. This

:03:08.:03:13.

is where he slows the race down and he gets the race to get a little

:03:13.:03:19.

bit slower and the whole field concertinas right up together.

:03:19.:03:25.

stage he has to give the filly up, can't let her go full pelt? Can't

:03:25.:03:33.

let her go the full way. There she is in front. That's the third. The

:03:33.:03:42.

second horse is there Bible Belt with the yellow and red sleeves.

:03:42.:03:46.

This is where Johnny Murtagh goes for home. He's on a horse he knows

:03:46.:03:50.

very well. Won two Oaks on her. She's a classy filly and he says,

:03:51.:03:56.

right, love, you can go for home. Just gone past the two furlong pole

:03:56.:04:00.

and he goes there, says come on, stride out, go for it, you've got

:04:00.:04:05.

to get your race won because we've got some very nice fillies coming

:04:05.:04:10.

behind me and they're unable to repel.

:04:10.:04:14.

He's on the best horse, you would have to say, but he's given here a

:04:14.:04:18.

very good tactical ride. That's how she goes on to win. We

:04:18.:04:23.

hear the second horse has got offers to ride in Hong Kong and

:04:23.:04:33.
:04:33.:04:33.

Japan and the third, Gertrude Bell, I think she's been retired. There

:04:33.:04:38.

is the average winning speeds for you from the final five furlongs

:04:38.:04:48.
:04:48.:05:00.

and the fasters is from the furlong is coming up in the Qipco Queen

:05:00.:05:05.

Elizabeth II Stakes, the final leg of the mile series. This horse has

:05:05.:05:09.

dominated the mile division this year. He is a sensational animal.

:05:09.:05:13.

Can't wait to see him in action. And the man who is in charge of

:05:13.:05:18.

steering him is Tom Queally. He looks very relaxed actually,

:05:18.:05:22.

doesn't he? He's the only jockey who's plezed about the controversy

:05:22.:05:27.

with the whip, it's deflected the attention away from him. -- pleased.

:05:27.:05:33.

That's a very good point. A cool customer. He's saying, back off now.

:05:33.:05:37.

We'll leave you alone now. Frankel no idea of what superstar he is, no

:05:37.:05:41.

idea of what is in front of him. He likes a crowd though, a showman,

:05:41.:05:45.

and he enjoys the big occasion. went to Newbury specifically to see

:05:45.:05:51.

him in the flesh and he is just a monster, he really is. I just think

:05:51.:05:59.

that he's a good looking specimen that I've seen in a long time.

:05:59.:06:05.

remnants of the trophy presentation there. Frankel there. He's actually

:06:06.:06:10.

not anoverly big horse, he's just got so much power. Such a deep

:06:10.:06:16.

girth and all the Mauer comes from behind him -- all the power comes

:06:16.:06:21.

from behind him. The best is yet to come with the QEII and Champion

:06:21.:06:26.

Stakes, but this is what's already happened on the Qipco British

:06:26.:06:36.
:06:36.:07:08.

has gone all the way. What a performance. Dancing Rain goes on

:07:08.:07:13.

to win as well. It's been a great day so far. For the rest of the

:07:13.:07:17.

programme, we've got the incredibly capable brain of Hayley Turner with

:07:17.:07:22.

us, a jockey who rode her first two group one winners this year. A

:07:22.:07:25.

sensational season for you. You've got little flat shoes on, a

:07:25.:07:29.

horrible scar down your left ankle, how are you recovering? I'm wearing

:07:29.:07:34.

flat shoes because I thought I'd be stood to willry Carson all day but

:07:34.:07:39.

he's not here. It's going really well. Went to the doctors yesterday,

:07:39.:07:43.

they said I could have my moon boot which I'd been wearing for the last

:07:43.:07:48.

couple of weeks off, so it was good timing. A really sad end to a

:07:48.:07:52.

season that's been glorious for you through the summer? Yes, an

:07:52.:07:55.

absolutely amazing season. After the injury, the only way was to

:07:55.:07:58.

look on the bright side and if someone said to me at the beginning

:07:58.:08:02.

of the season, you can have 84 winners and you can have two group

:08:02.:08:05.

one winners and then a four month holiday at the end of it, you know,

:08:05.:08:09.

I would have been quite happy with that. Your first group one winner

:08:09.:08:13.

on Dream Ahead and he just cut through the field and he's been one

:08:13.:08:17.

of the real stars this year as well? Yes, I was really lucky to

:08:17.:08:24.

get on him. It's William Bewick's ride, but there was high class

:08:24.:08:27.

racing all around the country on that day and William unfortunately

:08:27.:08:31.

had to go somewhere else so I got the opportunity to get on board, so

:08:31.:08:35.

very lucky. Talk us through what it's like for the jockeys in the

:08:35.:08:39.

changing room now preparing for two group one races to finish off this

:08:39.:08:45.

massive day in front of the crowds. What have they done already today?

:08:45.:08:50.

Queally and Fortune there. What has their day consisted of already?

:08:50.:08:54.

Would they have been working this morning? Yes, and it's a Saturday,

:08:54.:08:58.

the busiest work mornings in Newmarket, so they would have been

:08:58.:09:02.

up early, gone to ride work, gone home, probably had to get in the

:09:02.:09:05.

bath and have a sweat or miss breakfast and then drive here.

:09:05.:09:09.

There's not that much time to get wound up about the whole thing.

:09:09.:09:13.

We've had weeks of building the whole thing up, they've been riding

:09:13.:09:17.

every day and their minds are not on totally stressing out about it

:09:17.:09:21.

until now. The cameras are on, Tom's acting cool but I'm sure

:09:21.:09:25.

inside he's anxious about the whole thing. How difficult a job is it

:09:25.:09:29.

actually not to ride Frankel so much, but how tough is it to ride

:09:29.:09:35.

for Henry Cecil, is he somebody who will give very specific

:09:35.:09:37.

instructions? Sir Henry has his ideas of how he wants his horses to

:09:37.:09:41.

be rode, but I think having been in his team for the whole season, Tom

:09:41.:09:45.

will know what he wants and how he likes the horses to be ridden.

:09:45.:09:49.

That's Frankel behind the closed door there, being saddled up now,

:09:49.:09:55.

Rennesry having private time with the superstar? I walked over and

:09:55.:10:00.

bumped into Sir Henry. There's Jane, his wife. Instead of talking about

:10:00.:10:04.

his nervousness about the horse running, he was more asking how si

:10:04.:10:07.

am and don't be nervous about coming on the BBC, you'll be fine

:10:07.:10:11.

and it's like never mind me, you've got Frankel running in half an

:10:11.:10:19.

hour! There was a drinks party and they stayed at the Dorchester last

:10:19.:10:22.

night and Jane hadn't been there before and they were very excited.

:10:22.:10:27.

They've tried to make it feel special and to enjoy it but also to

:10:27.:10:32.

relax into it. The horses are lined up now in front of their banners

:10:32.:10:37.

and very soon it will be over to them to take over, two down, do

:10:37.:10:41.

their job and come back over the straight mile. It's the straight

:10:41.:10:47.

course here for the Queen Elizabeth II and I'm fairly certain for the

:10:47.:10:55.

first time. It was ran once at Newmarket and then it was

:10:55.:11:00.

transferred? Yes, the jockeys once they're on board, they get in the

:11:00.:11:02.

zone. When you're on the horse, the crowd goes away, they're there and

:11:02.:11:05.

you are amongst a massive atmosphere. But they just

:11:05.:11:10.

concentrate on what they've got to do. I was talking to one of the

:11:10.:11:14.

starters -- the starters earlier and we were discussing how on a

:11:14.:11:18.

group one day, at the start, the jockeys, there's not as much banter,

:11:18.:11:22.

they are not taking the mickey as much and they are in the zone and

:11:22.:11:25.

concentrating more than they usually would. He is going to start

:11:25.:11:31.

as the shortest priced favourite for the Queen Elizabeth II since

:11:31.:11:34.

Brigadier Gerrard back in the '70s. He's the highest rated horse in the

:11:34.:11:44.
:11:44.:11:45.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:11:45.:12:57.

world, he could be the best horse entrance into this packed paddock

:12:57.:13:00.

here,. The hundred is about to emerge from under the tunnel,

:13:00.:13:05.

Willie, and there's a magnificent crowd and atmosphere. Tell us,

:13:05.:13:10.

nurpbdz, why this horse is as good as he is? -- in your own words?

:13:10.:13:14.

Because he's unbeaten for one thing and the manner in which he gallops,

:13:14.:13:21.

he wins his races by a long margin every time and he's coming into the

:13:21.:13:27.

paddock. With his half brother? Here comes Frankel and a round of

:13:28.:13:31.

applause greets the unbeaten champion, Frankel. The best horse

:13:31.:13:36.

in the world is here to do his stuff at Ascot. That's got to be on

:13:36.:13:41.

fire today. He has to be on top because the French filly who won

:13:41.:13:45.

the Coronation here earlier in the year is a very good filly and there

:13:45.:13:52.

is other horses today who're very, very good. Dubai gold,

:13:52.:13:59.

Excelebration who finished second to him twice. He has to be beat

:14:00.:14:04.

Dick Turpin. Very good horses in their own right. He has to be at

:14:04.:14:11.

his best, but we think and I think this is the best horse I've ever

:14:11.:14:15.

seen. I'm expecting this horse to win unchallenged. I even had

:14:15.:14:20.

Frankie Dettori saying, I've ridden 50 group one winners, I've never

:14:20.:14:27.

ridden one like Frankel. And he's ridden Dubai Millennium?

:14:27.:14:32.

And a lot of good horses. He thinks he's the best he's ever seen. All

:14:32.:14:37.

he's ever seen of Frankel is his backside. It's almost universally

:14:37.:14:41.

acknowledged that Frankel is the best horse around.

:14:41.:14:44.

Among those watching Frankel was Her Majesty the Queen and taking in

:14:44.:14:49.

the awesome sight of his gleaming skin and muscles. Henry Cecil's

:14:49.:14:57.

just come through to join the two jockeys, Tom Queally and Ian Mungen.

:14:57.:15:01.

The Queen with her racing advisor and Sir Michael Stoute who rides

:15:01.:15:05.

for the Queen. There was ant Royal runner today. Had Carlton House

:15:05.:15:10.

recovered, he could have been in the Champion Stakes, but that's the

:15:10.:15:18.

only thing lacking from a perfect day.

:15:18.:15:28.
:15:28.:15:34.

Richard Hughes is not riding Dick Turpin, so it's Soumillon. Frankie

:15:34.:15:38.

Dettori coming through here with Saeed bin Suroor. What's the matter,

:15:38.:15:42.

you all right? Yes. Not a winner yet. You could win? Yes. Chance of

:15:42.:15:46.

winning second to Frankel? Hopefully first, you never know!

:15:46.:15:50.

We'll try for first! I know you will. We'll see Frankie at home

:15:50.:15:54.

with his donkeys and dogs and children later on and Johnny

:15:54.:15:59.

Murtagh coming across in front of me. Having a great day so far. Had

:15:59.:16:05.

two winners already. He's going to get the leg up on Dubai gold. This

:16:05.:16:11.

filly, when he gets the leg up, have a look at this, she could be

:16:11.:16:15.

the one, Immortal Verse, she's like a jet engine, she just takes off.

:16:15.:16:20.

We saw her winning at the Royal meeting here and she's sensational.

:16:20.:16:24.

She's got a real ball of power behind her.

:16:24.:16:29.

It will be interesting, when we see the time force this race, I think

:16:29.:16:32.

people within the sport and outside it are going to be so interested to

:16:32.:16:37.

see how this filly clocks in the last two furlongs compared to

:16:37.:16:45.

Frankel's big burst of speed is, whether it's between the two-and-a-

:16:45.:16:55.
:16:55.:16:55.

half and the three-and-a-half or after that. There is an awful lot

:16:55.:16:59.

of people in this paddock and even more around it and that applause

:16:59.:17:03.

for Frankel as he came in gave me goose bumps, Absolutely Fabulous,

:17:03.:17:08.

before the race has even started. Tom Queally getting on board

:17:08.:17:12.

Frankling. Willie, the crowd around here are all murmuring and

:17:12.:17:16.

mumbling? Never heard an atmosphere like it. Such a noise. People are

:17:16.:17:21.

talking about this guy. They're all pleased to see him. He's just got a

:17:21.:17:26.

little tiny bit of sweat in-between his hind legs, but basically, he's

:17:26.:17:32.

quite cool and the filly... Here are his two main oppositions

:17:32.:17:37.

seemibly, number 6 Excelebration and 8 Immortal Verse? Immortal

:17:37.:17:42.

Verse has been completely out. You can see the little marks on the

:17:42.:17:48.

back. And horse 8? Yes, that's 8. There's a mark where she's been

:17:48.:17:51.

completely clipped out. That's not detrimental in any way of course,

:17:51.:17:56.

it's just a gily at this time of the year, they're growing their

:17:56.:18:01.

coats and if they're racing, you have to take the long coat away --

:18:01.:18:06.

a filly. It would be uncomfortable to be running with a fur coat on,

:18:06.:18:09.

wouldn't it? It would be. Frankel's dominated the mile tuition all year

:18:09.:18:19.
:18:19.:18:39.

long and we can see that from these foot. Canford Cliffs wins...

:18:39.:18:46.

Canford Cliffs gets his neck in front now. Fighting back is... Oh,

:18:46.:18:52.

Canford Cliffs goes on to win it. Frankel now is starting to paddle.

:18:52.:19:02.
:19:02.:19:04.

He's going up and down. He's held on! Frankel's won it. Frankel is

:19:04.:19:10.

going along. Frankel is too good. would think he's one of the best

:19:11.:19:20.

horses we've ever seen. Stretching them here. Ransom note wins. It may

:19:20.:19:24.

be all about Frankel, but this man is plotting his downfall because he

:19:24.:19:31.

trains Excelebration who's been second to Frankel a couple of times

:19:31.:19:35.

now. You must have hope that you can get close and perhaps even beat

:19:35.:19:44.

him? Yes, obviously the horse looks well, got a bit warm in the paddock

:19:44.:19:49.

because it's so hot today. We are hopeful to close the gap. In terms

:19:49.:19:54.

of tactics, how do you go about it? It should be an even pace. Frankel

:19:54.:19:58.

has a pace-maker, so hopefully there won't be any hard luck

:19:58.:20:02.

stories, it's going to be a straightforward race, both horses

:20:02.:20:07.

have a good turn of foot and the race will happen in the last

:20:07.:20:14.

furlong. Exciting to be in it, isn't it? It's a great day. Lovely.

:20:14.:20:18.

Exciting to be here. We'll let you enjoy it, Marco, thank you very

:20:18.:20:23.

much indeed. In the crowd are Ant &Dec having a look at the runners

:20:23.:20:28.

for the QEII. The parade took place a moment or two ago. Let's take you

:20:28.:20:32.

through the eight extraordinary horses. They're headed by Bullet

:20:32.:20:36.

Train ah half brother to Frankel, they have the same mother who is

:20:36.:20:43.

called Kind. He's a pace-maker. Dick Turpin, not as good this year

:20:43.:20:47.

perhaps as last year. Frankie Dettori told us we are going to be

:20:47.:20:51.

trying, Poet's Voice, 33-1, and bear in mind, he was the winner of

:20:51.:21:00.

this race last year. Side Glance for Jimmy Fortune. Andrew Balding

:21:00.:21:06.

the trainer. A 50-1 shot, probably reflecting his chances. The kip quo

:21:06.:21:10.

mastermind man's taken over him. Dubawi Gold for Johnny Murtagh,

:21:10.:21:14.

good horses these are at long prices, such is the expectation

:21:14.:21:18.

that Frankel will dominate. Excelebration, we just talked to

:21:18.:21:23.

his trainer, Marco Botti, and he's looking like he's having a little

:21:23.:21:29.

look at the crowd there, Jamie Spencer who won on Fame And Glory.

:21:29.:21:33.

Frankel looks the calmest of the lot, nothing bothers this horse, he

:21:33.:21:38.

can be pretty forceful in a race itself and takes a keen hold, but

:21:38.:21:45.

he's utterly calm here. He's go ck, crowd, crowd, what crowd?! Then the

:21:45.:21:55.
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French filly, she comes back pretty darn fast, Immortal Verse for

:21:57.:22:07.
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Gerard Mosse. An unbelievable you can have? Unpleefable. The

:22:16.:22:20.

bookies think Frankel's already past the post but this is a

:22:20.:22:24.

Championship race and anyone can win. Some are going 6-4 that

:22:24.:22:28.

Frankel breaks the track record and also bed Fred are 10-1 Frankel but

:22:28.:22:34.

you have got to name the winning distabs. -- distance.

:22:34.:22:41.

If I was playing, I suppose I would go Frankel four lengths, how about

:22:41.:22:46.

you? A bit less. Because you've gone bigger, I'll go shorter.

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Higher, lower, higher, lower... Great anticipation and expectation

:22:52.:22:58.

in the crowd, but there's Frankel. He has the two handlers. It was

:22:58.:23:03.

interesting that soon after we took these pictures, that Tom Queally,

:23:03.:23:07.

he took him to the far side of the course and has allowed him to just

:23:07.:23:13.

go very steadly to the post. And there he is. Kept well away from

:23:13.:23:18.

all the handlers earlier in the straight and once he's got down to

:23:18.:23:24.

this point, he's well and truly on his own in complete isolation. Who

:23:24.:23:30.

knows, that may be how he comes home as well.

:23:30.:23:34.

Frankel on his way down to the start and Hayley Turner and Willie

:23:34.:23:38.

Carson are watching him closely. Nothing yet that would disturb you,

:23:38.:23:45.

he looks the calmest of the lot? Hayley? Really chilled out. I saw

:23:45.:23:48.

them walking around the paddock and they were just holding him back and

:23:48.:23:54.

getting him relaxed. For what reason should he not be chilled

:23:54.:23:59.

out? He's never had a hard time on the racecourse? I suppose it's

:23:59.:24:04.

something to look out for as a punter, if he is in the paddock

:24:04.:24:07.

jumping around, sweating and looking agitated you would be

:24:07.:24:11.

concerned but we can reassure everyone that he's not doing that.

:24:11.:24:15.

One of the few horses in my life that I've heard people clap for

:24:15.:24:19.

before a race. It was extraordinary that. Consequently, an awful lot of

:24:19.:24:23.

peel, they didn't necessarily back the horse but they are emotionally

:24:23.:24:26.

backing him, wanting him to win, as they wanted Wales to win the World

:24:26.:24:29.

Cup semi-final this morning. We hope France don't spoil the party

:24:29.:24:34.

again. They could do though because Immortal Verse, their contender, is

:24:34.:24:40.

a very, very fine filly. Henry and Jane there, relaxing I think and

:24:40.:24:43.

enjoying it, because it's such a pleasure to have a horse this good.

:24:43.:24:47.

Immore that will verse, she won the Coronation here at the Royal

:24:47.:24:53.

meeting in June and she also beat Goldikova in August and Gerrard

:24:53.:24:58.

Mosse, the jockey on board, is a big fan of the filly who can be

:24:58.:25:03.

tricky. Yes. My filly, it's something serious, she doesn't race

:25:03.:25:08.

since August, so she get a big break and I don't know how she is.

:25:08.:25:14.

The ground's going to look good today. It's spot on, so we just

:25:14.:25:18.

have to see it to get a clear run and see how good she's got to be

:25:18.:25:26.

today. She's bidding to be the first winner of the French race.

:25:26.:25:30.

Dubai Millennium will be figuring in many people's minds. Frankel

:25:30.:25:35.

reminds me of that, that incredible power in the middle of a race.

:25:35.:25:40.

Immortal Verse is all about the speed of her race? Yes, Immortal

:25:40.:25:45.

Verse, has a tremendous turn of foot, but will she have that after

:25:45.:25:51.

going the pace to follow Frankel?! That is the question. She was able

:25:51.:25:57.

to do it here at Royal Ascot. She came from last to first, turning

:25:57.:26:02.

from home, and really looked like a filly of outstanding ability.

:26:02.:26:06.

Excelebration, a very handsome horse. In an era without Frankel,

:26:06.:26:12.

he would have been the leading miler in Europe. He's a beautiful

:26:12.:26:16.

looking horse. He won on very soft ground last time at Longchamp. He

:26:16.:26:21.

had quite a hard race, so this time of the year, possibly sometimes

:26:21.:26:25.

when you have a hard race at the end of the year, it takes the edge

:26:25.:26:29.

off a horse. Is that right, Hayley? Yes, I think Excelebration and

:26:29.:26:34.

Frankel both started their careers this season on the same day which

:26:34.:26:42.

was April 16th I think at Newbury. Basically Frankel had four runs and

:26:42.:26:46.

Excelebrations had five and probably been overseas a bit more...

:26:46.:26:50.

Here we go, the big, big one for Frankel, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes

:26:50.:26:57.

and here is Jim. They're racing!

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And Frankel away pretty well and drops in behind them early. Pace-

:27:03.:27:11.

maker twos on, Bullet Train, Dick Turpin in second. Tube Which? Gold

:27:11.:27:15.

in second. Excelebration. Frankel wanting to go. Half a stride, maybe

:27:15.:27:20.

a stride faster he wanted to go. Being held by Tom Queally. Also

:27:20.:27:26.

pulling hard, Poet's Voice and Immortal Verse. Bullet Train out in

:27:26.:27:35.

front. Six lengths clear. They've basically been ignoring him. Dick

:27:35.:27:40.

Turpin. Dubawi Gold. Excelebration. Queally giving Frankel a bit more

:27:40.:27:45.

rein. Now he's starting to move up on the outside. Excelebration going

:27:45.:27:49.

with him. Followed by Poet's Voice. Virtually ignoring the pace-maker

:27:50.:27:54.

and Frankel has strode up on the outside to lead the bunch. Bullet

:27:54.:27:59.

Train well in front. But it's Frankel who's now about six lengths

:27:59.:28:03.

behind his pace-maker. Being tracked now by Poet's Voice and

:28:03.:28:07.

further back, Excelebration. There followed next in the field by

:28:07.:28:12.

Immortal Verse, four lnths to make up on Frankel. -- four lengths.

:28:12.:28:18.

Bullet Train being tackled by Frankel who takes it up clearly.

:28:18.:28:22.

Excelebration. Immortal Verse on the far side. A furlong left. It's

:28:22.:28:27.

Frankel by two lengths. Trying hard, Excelebration, he's gone for the

:28:27.:28:31.

whip, Queally; but kept going, Frankel makes it nine out of nine,

:28:31.:28:37.

exciting, sunt lating and sensational, -- scintillating.

:28:37.:28:41.

Frankel goes on to beat Excelebration. Further back,

:28:41.:28:46.

Immortal Verse, followed by Dubawi Gold and Poet's Voice. Further back,

:28:46.:28:52.

Side Glance and Dick Turpin. He's done it again, he's unbeaten, nine

:28:52.:28:58.

out of nine and 11-4on favourite, Frankel. Ridden by Tom Queally.

:28:58.:29:02.

Health and Safety won the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

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Again in the style of a champion. Here he is. He's got to the Lune,

:29:08.:29:14.

won it by four-and-a-half to five lengths from Excelebration in

:29:14.:29:19.

second. Immortal Verse in third. In fourth is Dubawi Gold, in fifth

:29:19.:29:25.

Dick Turpin, in sixth is Poet's Voice, in seventh is Side Glance.

:29:25.:29:30.

Then in eighth, Bullet Train, the pacemaker.

:29:30.:29:36.

What a sensational performance, again proving himself the best

:29:36.:29:43.

racehorse in the world. Frankel. He's done it easily and thumbs up

:29:43.:29:50.

for a great champion. Sir Henry Cecil, the man who said

:29:50.:30:00.
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quite a few times now, I've never wanted them to go faster. They

:30:10.:30:15.

split into two divisions. They virtually ignored Bullet Train, who

:30:15.:30:21.

was sixth lengths clear of the pack. 2.29 of a second outside the track

:30:21.:30:31.

record. That is what we wanted to see, true

:30:31.:30:35.

greatness, confirmed here, on the biggest stage of all, the biggest

:30:35.:30:41.

stage of the season. A huge round of applause in the winners

:30:41.:30:44.

enclosure because Sir Henry Cecil has walked down. Frankel is

:30:44.:30:48.

parading in front of the Grandstand. The clapping is for the man who has

:30:48.:30:53.

Master Minded the career of this freakishly good horse, Frankel. It

:30:53.:30:57.

doesn't matter how he's ridden. He has learned to settle. He settled

:30:57.:31:01.

so well in the early stages that Tom could pick his time and say,

:31:01.:31:05.

right, I'm using Bullet Train as the marker and I will use him as

:31:05.:31:11.

something to aim at, catch him. Look at him there!. The horse never

:31:12.:31:16.

looks under any pressure it's amazing. The only time he looked in

:31:16.:31:19.

trouble was the three furlong marker. Tom Queally started to ask

:31:19.:31:24.

him to quicken. It took him at least half a furlong to three

:31:24.:31:29.

quarters before he got him into Top Gear. Then when he got into Top

:31:29.:31:33.

Gear, off he went. Everybody was right behind him. There was a scrap

:31:33.:31:38.

going on behind him when he went first of all, every jockey wanted

:31:38.:31:44.

to get onto his heel tolz get the draft through. There was no draft,

:31:44.:31:49.

when he got to the two furlong marker. He spread the field, pull

:31:49.:31:55.

add way from them. He stamed -- stamped his authority. The placings

:31:56.:32:00.

behind him were predicted. Excelebration ran a blinding race

:32:00.:32:05.

in second. The three-year-old filly to race so close thoim, was again a

:32:05.:32:13.

massive run. That gives Sir Henry Cecil his seventh win. He is the

:32:13.:32:17.

trainer of the series. There is so much joy here today. When you do

:32:17.:32:21.

expect as much out of a horse as we expected out of Frankel, the

:32:21.:32:25.

dainker is always you're going to be disappointed. We haven't been.

:32:25.:32:30.

That was as impressive as anything he's done all year. It was very

:32:30.:32:35.

impressive. He's beaten Immortal Verse by seven-and-a-half lengths.

:32:35.:32:42.

That is a filly that they thought was exceptional. She actually beat

:32:42.:32:47.

a filly, Goldikova who has won 14 group one races. That puts things

:32:48.:32:52.

into perspective. He has beaten her seven-and-a-half lengths. This

:32:52.:32:57.

horse is the greatest race horse, over a mile, I have ever seen. I

:32:57.:33:04.

think most people in Ascot might agree with me today. I think as

:33:04.:33:09.

pressure rides go, Tom is never going to have to ride under as much

:33:09.:33:16.

pressure as today. That wasn't pressure, pushing a button! He's

:33:16.:33:20.

giving Frankel a huge hug there. I can't believe how much this horse

:33:20.:33:25.

has matured mentally that he seems so relaxed with it all. He loves to

:33:25.:33:29.

race. He's spaced out his races to get the best from him. What a

:33:29.:33:33.

finale to his flat season here in the UK. That is just a stunning

:33:33.:33:37.

performance and one thaw want to watch back again and again and

:33:37.:33:45.

enjoy it. He's only 3-1 to be unbeaten next season. Get on.

:33:45.:33:50.

Sir Henry Cecil probably wonder where on earth he has gone.. He's

:33:50.:33:54.

gone in front of the stands, Claire. I know that. He looks like he might

:33:54.:33:59.

have done a lap of honour. He didn't want to stop. It took a long

:33:59.:34:04.

time to pull the horse up because he was still full of running.

:34:04.:34:10.

Hayley, I think this horse possibly would sustain a mile and a quarter?

:34:10.:34:15.

Yeah, I think he took a spot where he took half a furlong to get wound

:34:15.:34:20.

up. Then he stamped his authority. It was a bit messy to start. Though

:34:20.:34:25.

Bullet Train's gone off quickly and sensibly as a pacemaker. Ian did a

:34:25.:34:28.

fantastic job. Dick Turpin and the rest of the field didn't follow

:34:28.:34:32.

suit. If you take out the front runner they've got quite slow to

:34:32.:34:35.

start. That's when Tom took his initiative, just switched him out

:34:35.:34:39.

and let him get up there. Let's not hand it to Bullet Train whatever we

:34:39.:34:48.

There he is going to the line. Tom Queally gave him two smacks. He

:34:48.:34:54.

really did respond. He went into turbo then. He's gone away to win

:34:54.:34:58.

it by four lengths. It's interesting that he's won nine

:34:58.:35:08.
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races by an aggregate of 46 lengths. He really has stamped his authority

:35:08.:35:13.

on his races. He's won by wide margins. That makes him truly

:35:13.:35:18.

exciting to form followers, to those assessers who like to compile

:35:18.:35:24.

the ratings. This will be some cheer.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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great, something very, very special. Something befitting this Qipco

:36:21.:36:30.

Champions' Day here at Ascot. The owner Prince Khalid Abdullah, Sir

:36:30.:36:34.

Henry Cecil and Tom Queally, Lord GrimThorpe, the racing manager in

:36:35.:36:42.

the Trilby. The four of them there, Jane Cecil, lady Cecil on the right.

:36:43.:36:52.

What an excited, elated bunch they are. This horse has completely

:36:52.:36:56.

dominated the season. He is officially the best race horse in

:36:56.:37:06.
:37:06.:37:08.

the worldment -- world. There he is. So, let's check the full result

:37:08.:37:18.
:37:18.:37:34.

John. That's what this game is all about. All this week, leading up to

:37:34.:37:39.

Frankel. Frankel mania, I called it. He's won by four lengths as well.

:37:39.:37:44.

You tipped it up at 10-16789 What a marvellous performance. The next

:37:44.:37:48.

race, what's happened? There's going to be fortunes for So You

:37:48.:37:51.

Think. Claire said early, with all the favourites winning, the odds

:37:51.:38:01.
:38:01.:38:03.

will tumble for So You Think. It's 7-4 at the minute. It could be less.

:38:03.:38:08.

Here I am with the winning jockey. We can see the joy in your face.

:38:08.:38:13.

Can you put into words that performance? It's as good as ever.

:38:13.:38:19.

He's getting more professional with each run. He's the real deal, not

:38:19.:38:25.

that wasn't before, but he was today. The way the race fell apart,

:38:25.:38:30.

didn't suit you that well, but nothing can stop you. Ian went a

:38:30.:38:34.

good tempo. That was important. He was grown up enough to know there

:38:34.:38:39.

was horses in front of me. I don't have to tear off like mad unless

:38:39.:38:44.

Tom says go. He waited until I said go, it was electric. Just flawless

:38:44.:38:49.

again. Can you explain your feelings for this horse, Tom?

:38:49.:38:53.

a horse in a lifetime for the public, let alone the jockey lucky

:38:53.:38:57.

enough to be on him. What a privilege, you know. It's an honour,

:38:57.:39:02.

a privilege. I could stand here for hours just saying what it means to

:39:02.:39:07.

me. I'm terribly lucky. People talk about pressure, surely

:39:07.:39:12.

there's joy to go with that pressure, isn't there? Yeah, I

:39:12.:39:16.

don't feel the pressure. There is pressure, of course there is,

:39:16.:39:21.

there's hype. I'm the one in the centre of it all. I was lucky

:39:21.:39:25.

enough, the whip debate took a lot of it off me this week. There is

:39:25.:39:29.

the pressure that goes with it, but I would like to think I handle it

:39:29.:39:33.

pretty well. I enjoy. It I get a kick out of it. Last thing, if you

:39:33.:39:41.

could sum up this season in one word, what would it be? Frankel.

:39:41.:39:45.

Sir Henry Cecil has sent Frankel round the paddock for a lap of

:39:45.:39:49.

honour. You have read affection for this horse as well. He's a very,

:39:49.:39:53.

very good horse. He's been lovely and relaxed today. It's been a long

:39:53.:39:57.

year. I'm delighted. I'm looking forward to having the winter over

:39:57.:40:02.

and next year. I'm sure he will get a mile and a quarter easily.

:40:02.:40:06.

looked it today. Just doing enough. Very, very happy. Where did you

:40:06.:40:10.

rate that or how do you rate that in terms of what he's done this

:40:10.:40:14.

year? He just did everything we asked him. We just tried to win the

:40:14.:40:19.

race nicely and that was it. Listen to the roar of this crowd. He has

:40:19.:40:24.

made this Qipco Champions' Day. I saw the sheikh come over to you and

:40:24.:40:28.

probably say thank you. It's lovely, the sponsor and everything. It's

:40:28.:40:34.

really a very nice day. Now I have to settle two more horses. Yes,

:40:35.:40:39.

thank you very much. He has Twice Over and Midday to saddle in the

:40:39.:40:43.

final race and this Champions' Day could get even better for him. As

:40:43.:40:48.

far as the fans are concerned, that really was the icing on the cake,

:40:48.:40:54.

superb from Frankel. Let's look at how he won another

:40:54.:40:58.

race and beat the opposition very, very easily. Here's the times of

:40:58.:41:08.
:41:08.:41:12.

Frankel in the last half mile of the race. Interesting race because

:41:12.:41:16.

early on, although we had a pacemaker, it looked like the

:41:16.:41:20.

pacemaker was there for insurance rather than to set the gallop. As

:41:20.:41:23.

it happens, he comes from stall number four, he shifts to our left

:41:23.:41:27.

as he comes out of the gates. Probably didn't hamper Frankel that

:41:28.:41:32.

much because Tom Queally would have wanted to get him in behind and

:41:32.:41:36.

settled. They were keen to race together. If he was going to sit

:41:36.:41:39.

behind him, he needed to be not having to make up too much ground.

:41:39.:41:45.

It just worked out that Frankel sat in. He was ignored by the others,

:41:45.:41:49.

Bullet Train. At one stage you saw Tom Queally say OK, let's go, it's

:41:49.:41:53.

time to ride my own race. Yes, Bullet Train out in front at the

:41:53.:41:58.

moment. Dick Turpin on the right. Frankel, as we've seen before, he

:41:58.:42:03.

takes quite a strong hold in his contests. There he is eventual

:42:03.:42:13.
:42:13.:42:14.

winner. Look at this, he's pulling quite hard. They've not gone very

:42:14.:42:19.

fast. This is cat-and-mouse. Nobody wants to make a move and leave

:42:19.:42:27.

themselves alienated on their own. You can see Dubawi Gold. Once you

:42:27.:42:32.

see this horse opened up, the acceleration is immediate. From

:42:32.:42:35.

everybody pulling, they're all having to work. They've all lost

:42:35.:42:39.

their race already. Let's look at Immortal Verse from the back there,

:42:39.:42:44.

the white and green. Trying to get through. Excelebration in the grey.

:42:44.:42:48.

They're very good horses. They're trying their hardest, but no match

:42:48.:42:52.

for a super horse. Certainly not. I'm just pleased to have been here

:42:52.:42:59.

to see this horse in action. This is one in a million. He sure is. He

:42:59.:43:03.

wins his races very easily indeed. Frankel goes on to win,

:43:03.:43:07.

Excelebration in second, and Dubawi Gold in fourth. There's a

:43:07.:43:10.

possibility they're going to Hong Kong later in the year. There's the

:43:10.:43:20.
:43:20.:43:23.

average speed: Her Majesty the Queen here at Ascot, specifically

:43:23.:43:32.

to make the presentation for this Queen Elizabeth II stakes. High

:43:32.:43:40.

highness who bred and owns Frankel. That huge roar is for Sir Henry

:43:40.:43:45.

Cecil. Ten times a champion trainer. A few years ago, he thought he was

:43:45.:43:50.

down and out. He was down to about 20 horses in his yard. He has come

:43:50.:43:56.

back. In the way great trainers can. He's a hugely entertaining

:43:56.:44:01.

character as well. As you heard, he can be sharp at times, but he said

:44:01.:44:08.

"Some of us are working class you know. Got two horses to saddle." A

:44:08.:44:10.

tremendous performance for him to keep this wonderful horse going,

:44:10.:44:14.

throughout the season unbeaten and to Tom Queally, as Hayley was

:44:14.:44:19.

saying, he will never be under as much pressure again as he has been

:44:19.:44:23.

today and at various stages this season. I think, to be fair to Tom,

:44:23.:44:30.

he's grown from it and now, rather savours the pressure. Oh, yes. He's

:44:30.:44:36.

good class jockey. He has actually with this horse he's grown up with

:44:36.:44:41.

him. Of course, Henry Cecil being the governor has given him the

:44:41.:44:48.

confidence to go out and put the things that helps the horse and he

:44:48.:44:54.

is basically a world-class jockey. Henry Cecil watching the race and

:44:54.:45:00.

you'll see the emotion run through this race as he realises, we're

:45:00.:45:03.

going to see something possibly even more special than he's seen

:45:03.:45:09.

before. The man who owns this horse is with me now. You've owned so

:45:09.:45:14.

many good horses how do you rate Frankel? No, never. He's the best

:45:14.:45:22.

horse I ever own. Many people he is the best horse that they have seen.

:45:22.:45:27.

So, I am glad to have that horse. So exciting for him to come here

:45:27.:45:32.

today and everybody expecting so much and to see a performance like

:45:32.:45:38.

that. I wasn't expect -- expecting that. But he is always like that.

:45:38.:45:45.

I'm just hope that he will do the same thing next year. Willie carson

:45:45.:45:49.

and many others think he will stay a mile and a quarter N year. Just a

:45:49.:45:53.

word on Henry Cecil. He told me that if it wasn't for you, he would

:45:53.:46:00.

have stopped training. Well, that's good of him to say that, but he is

:46:01.:46:10.
:46:11.:46:12.

the best trainer. He is very good trainer, actually. I mean, when he

:46:12.:46:17.

says something, then I believe him. He's done a wonderful job with this

:46:17.:46:21.

horse. We thank sow much for running him here and making the day.

:46:21.:46:25.

It's been sensational. Thank you very much.

:46:25.:46:30.

I ought to say that his highness has two more shots, the same two

:46:30.:46:34.

horses that Henry is going off to saddle, Twice Over and Midday. I

:46:34.:46:38.

think Midday in particular could have a chance. It could be her day.

:46:38.:46:44.

Of course, we have the Champion Stakes coming next. This Champion

:46:44.:46:48.

Stakes is possibly one of the most competitive ever Champions Stakes

:46:48.:46:55.

we've ever had. Of course, Prince Khalid has two runners. That's

:46:55.:46:59.

Dubai Prince for Godolphin. He's only run three times and is

:46:59.:47:03.

unbeaten. He has to improve to win today. It is possible to do so.

:47:03.:47:07.

Frankie Dettori looking for a winner here on Qipco British

:47:07.:47:10.

Champions' Day. He would dearly love to round off the day with a

:47:10.:47:14.

flying dismount, a man who has brought so much to British racing

:47:14.:47:18.

and well worth catching up with him, as I did last week, to talk to him

:47:18.:47:21.

about how on earth he keeps going and being so good and so

:47:21.:47:31.
:47:31.:47:45.

Frankie! This is the horse that made history Fujiama Crest and in

:47:45.:47:49.

what 300 years of racing, no-one has done what you did. No-one won

:47:49.:47:53.

seven. One day somebody will. you think? You never know. McCoy

:47:53.:48:00.

might do. My head's cold. I think this is yours. Is it? I'll take

:48:00.:48:06.

that one. You look beautiful. Only because you're here, otherwise

:48:06.:48:13.

I wouldn't get this treatment. love coming here. As your family

:48:13.:48:17.

has expanded, so everything that comes with it, miniature donkeys

:48:17.:48:22.

weren't here last time I came. Have you puppies as well. A pony for

:48:22.:48:26.

every child. Most trainers have these for real in their stables. I

:48:26.:48:34.

had to get mine. All part of the preparations, see. You see to have

:48:34.:48:39.

found a renewed vigour to your riding. Yeah. I'm on stage three of

:48:39.:48:43.

my career. I spend the last 20 years fulfilling my dreams. Now I'm

:48:43.:48:52.

taking time to take a step back and enjoying it.

:48:52.:48:57.

Bo Derek. In typical style, he's not bashful. What do you think

:48:57.:49:02.

makes daddy a good jockey? Not sure. Not sure? He's generally quite

:49:02.:49:08.

happy these days, isn't he? Come and see your dad. Come on. The 500

:49:08.:49:15.

group winners, that's a marker you wanted to hit? Yeah, I actually

:49:15.:49:24.

passed Lester Piggott's record. To do it on Arc day was magic. Lefter

:49:24.:49:28.

always says he thinks you're so great. When it comes from somebody

:49:28.:49:31.

so great to say that, it's a fantastic feeling. If you had been

:49:31.:49:34.

a footballer, for example, I think it's the same as playing for

:49:34.:49:41.

Manchester United pretty much your whole career. The sheikh has put

:49:41.:49:45.

all his trust in me all these years. If it wasn't for him, all the

:49:45.:49:53.

records, numbers, I would not reach these targets. When you first

:49:53.:49:56.

started out, were you trying to impress your father? I still do

:49:56.:50:00.

now! My dad is one of those old fashioned dad that, even when I won

:50:00.:50:04.

the seven he wasn't happy. He said I made a mistake somewhere along

:50:05.:50:08.

the line. It's nice to have a parent like that. At least he

:50:08.:50:12.

always tries to improve me. You better ride well because you're on

:50:12.:50:17.

camera. Yeah, yeah. What are you like with your kids? I'm a big

:50:17.:50:25.

softie to be honest with you. She's the strongest in the house. This

:50:25.:50:30.

must be the funniest thing in the world. I was just thinking that.

:50:30.:50:40.

you take the words out! I'm Frankie Dettori, I'm champion jockey and

:50:40.:50:45.

tonight I'm hosting the most famous show in the world. First it's Gina

:50:45.:50:51.

In terms of you and your role as number one promoter of racing in

:50:51.:50:54.

the UK, do you ever get tired of that and wish someone else would

:50:54.:50:58.

step up? I do it for the sport that I love. I want racing to be popular.

:50:58.:51:04.

I want people to come racing. Ryan Moore is a fantastic jockey. He

:51:04.:51:08.

finds it difficult to do what I do. But he believes the same things

:51:08.:51:13.

that I believe. But he's just a shyer person. Sorry Ryan. In a nice

:51:13.:51:19.

way you know! I'm 40 now. I love to go till 50. But every year goes

:51:19.:51:24.

quicker and every year I know is one less year than I will be a

:51:24.:51:27.

jockey. I am actually try to capture the special moments so they

:51:28.:51:35.

can stay with me forever and really enjoy it. I'm so lucky that I do

:51:35.:51:42.

such a wonderful sport and I get to enjoy it.

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No jockey has a closer affiliation to Ascot racecourse than Frankie

:51:47.:51:51.

Dettori who is in the paddock ahead of the most valuable race of the

:51:51.:51:55.

day, the Champion Stakes. Frankie is riding Dubai Prince. Hayley

:51:55.:51:58.

Turner is with me. We're looking at the Champion Stakes, the last race

:51:58.:52:04.

of the day, but just tell us about Frankie in the weighing room, the

:52:04.:52:06.

Frankie Dettori that people don't see so often in the moments of

:52:06.:52:10.

victory and in the moments of defeat, what's that like? Frankie's

:52:10.:52:15.

very much the same in the weighing room. He's good fun. He's always,

:52:15.:52:22.

if you're feeling a bit down, he'll cheer you up. He's really good fun.

:52:22.:52:28.

He is a laugh. He is so enthusiastic on telly, he's like

:52:28.:52:33.

that as a person. Very social. a very determined man. I'm sure you

:52:33.:52:37.

know, especially when race riding. He determined to land the Champions

:52:37.:52:41.

Stakes. He's had big chances in this race. He hasn't managed it yet.

:52:41.:52:46.

What about his ride, Dubai Prince in this race, you have a fancy for

:52:46.:52:50.

him. It's the most competitive race I've ever seen. Picking a winner is

:52:50.:52:54.

really difficult. You should do what my sister does and go for the

:52:54.:52:56.

name she likes or the colours. Midday because it's pink colours

:52:56.:53:04.

and she likes the name. He's coming around behind us. I have my eye on

:53:04.:53:09.

him. The form of his last race worked out really well. The horse

:53:09.:53:14.

he beat comfortably, bolted at York by nine lengths the next Time Out.

:53:14.:53:17.

He's just, he's not done anything wrong. He's the most likely raced -

:53:17.:53:21.

- lightly raced horse in the field. I think he'll be the most

:53:21.:53:28.

progressive out of them. Heem' need a lot of luck as well.

:53:28.:53:34.

considerably more relaxed Tom Queally now. Both of them against

:53:34.:53:44.
:53:44.:53:52.

each other with genuine contenders, Now Ed Dunlop talking through with

:53:52.:53:56.

Olivier Perrier. She hasn't got many miles on the clock this season.

:53:57.:54:01.

Michael Bell with Wigmore Hall and good form. William Haggas and Green

:54:01.:54:05.

Destiny is their runner in this race. He has to step up a bit on

:54:05.:54:10.

what he's done before. It's not entirely out of range. Now, here is

:54:10.:54:14.

the Ballydoyle camp here. So You Think is their big hope today.

:54:14.:54:18.

They've had a winner in the long distance race with Fame And Glory.

:54:18.:54:28.
:54:28.:54:29.

Ryan Moore, Aden O'Brien has done all the talking he wants to do. The

:54:29.:54:32.

colours of purple that So You Think carries. Ryan Moore all the rumours

:54:32.:54:38.

that he's about join Aiden O'Brien. We don't know whether that's true

:54:38.:54:44.

or not yet. He could go a long way towards making sure it happens with

:54:44.:54:50.

a good, confident ride here. Let's speak to Derek. I'm sorry, grab you

:54:50.:54:55.

quickly, So You Think. This is huge for him isn't it? Huge day. It's

:54:55.:54:59.

just the final race of the season for him, well maybe. We're just

:54:59.:55:04.

hoping he's going to put on a great display. It should be fine for him

:55:04.:55:11.

to run so quick after the Arc. That's what he's done down under.

:55:11.:55:14.

Aden is happy with him. Do you think we'll see Ryan Moore riding

:55:14.:55:21.

more in your colours next year? He's ridden a lot in our colours

:55:21.:55:25.

already,. He's retained by Michael, until that ends, then he rides for

:55:26.:55:30.

him and us when he's available. Thank sow much and good luck with

:55:30.:55:35.

So You Think. That's Derek Smith. Let's have

:55:35.:55:39.

aanother look at them. Ryan Moore and Aden O'Brien here

:55:39.:55:44.

with So You Think. It's been one of the subjects that's been much

:55:44.:55:49.

spoken about this week. We're going to look at a few of them. So You

:55:49.:55:53.

Think is coming around behind us. He only ran two weeks ago in the

:55:53.:55:57.

Arc. People have pointsed out concern that's might be a bit quick

:55:57.:56:02.

for him. First impression he looks magnificent. He looks really well.

:56:02.:56:05.

It's difficult to know if your horse has gone over the top at home.

:56:05.:56:10.

Sometimes when horses are over the top, they work even better at home.

:56:10.:56:13.

You just don't know until they're on course. It's the same with Snow

:56:13.:56:23.
:56:23.:56:24.

Fairy, ran the same day. The Ar Arc is a big race. Here is Snow Fairy.

:56:24.:56:30.

Her skin looks really well. It's like looking like a human being.

:56:30.:56:35.

Her skin looks really well. He's healthy and my friend Jane, who was

:56:35.:56:39.

with me today, she works with the yard and they're raving about her

:56:39.:56:45.

at home. Tom Queally, Sir Henry Cecil, the stars of the day so far.

:56:45.:56:51.

About to put Twice Over, Midday sorry. One thing that horse is

:56:51.:56:56.

going to get a confident ride. explain that, how come a jockey

:56:56.:57:00.

suddenly gets confidence like that? It's amazing. You get a buzz and

:57:00.:57:05.

you think you can do no wrong. It's confidence, riding a horse makes a

:57:05.:57:09.

huge difference. After I had a couple of big wins, I was riding

:57:09.:57:15.

like a demon. Your pick of the paddock? Probably So You Think.

:57:15.:57:19.

Looking amazing. That would be my pick. What about you? We both agree

:57:19.:57:28.

on that. The parade for this Qipco Champion Stakes is led by the

:57:28.:57:33.

gelding, Cissus Des Aigles, who was prevented running in the arc

:57:33.:57:38.

because he's a gelding. He's a very consistent horse. He has a chance.

:57:38.:57:44.

Number two is Green Destiny. Kieron Fallon taking the ride for William

:57:44.:57:52.

Haggas. Winner of the eboar handicap in July. That looks like

:57:52.:57:56.

Nathaniel, out of order. That's the King George winner. The three-year-

:57:56.:58:00.

old colt who is a bit of a superstar. Dropping back it a mile

:58:00.:58:05.

and a quarter here. William Buick knows how to ride with confidence,

:58:05.:58:11.

on board him. There's a big gap now, huge crowd here. Just lapping up

:58:11.:58:16.

the sunshine. Everyone on such a high after Frankel. Now Sri Putra,

:58:16.:58:26.
:58:26.:58:27.

trained by Roger Varian. Neil Callan on board him. He's 100-1.

:58:27.:58:32.

Then the first of Sir Henry Cecil's two runners. This is Twice Over.

:58:32.:58:39.

He's won four group ones, including this race, for the last two years.

:58:39.:58:43.

Tom Queally confirmed as the leading jockey for this series.

:58:43.:58:48.

Wigmore Hall next with Jamie Spencer on board. Jamie Bell trains

:58:48.:58:54.

this. We have Snow Fairy. She's super

:58:55.:58:57.

consistent. She's been very close behind So You Think in the Irish

:58:57.:59:01.

champion. Then in front of So You Think when she was third in the Arc

:59:01.:59:08.

last Time Out. She's a most admirable mare. Then we have

:59:08.:59:18.

Casamento. Tricky ride. Then Dubai Prince, Frankie Dettori, unbeaten

:59:18.:59:21.

so far in just three starts. He had problems at the beginning of this

:59:21.:59:26.

year. He picked up a hair line fracture in his pelvis. Plans to

:59:26.:59:32.

run him in the 2,000 guineas had to be put on hold. He has had just one

:59:32.:59:38.

Rhine and that was a month ago. Then Midday. Again like the Arc was

:59:38.:59:42.

dominated by fillies. We could have one, two here for the fillies.

:59:43.:59:45.

Midday has a great chance particularly on this good ground.

:59:45.:59:50.

She can quicken up. She hasn't finished out of the first three

:59:50.:59:53.

since her two-year-old days. She's so consistent. Then Ransom Note,

:59:53.:59:58.

running for Charlie Hills who has taken over from his father Barry

:59:58.:00:04.

this year and his first Champions' Day runner. His father had a

:00:04.:00:07.

fantastic record in this race when it was at Newmarket. He won it

:00:07.:00:14.

three times. We should find So You Think, the very last one to come

:00:14.:00:18.

out. They have made sure that nothing's going to bother this

:00:18.:00:22.

horse, though. They're making sure he's wrapped in cotton wool or

:00:22.:00:26.

given space behind the rest of the field. He is the 7-4 favourite,

:00:26.:00:30.

just slightly on his toes. Nothing to worry about. He is incredibly

:00:30.:00:40.
:00:40.:00:54.

versatile. He's won three group a mile and a half. He's also ran in

:00:54.:00:58.

the Melbourne Cup in Australia and won a host of good races over there.

:00:58.:01:03.

I would love to know how much he weighs because he's an immense

:01:03.:01:13.
:01:13.:01:15.

horse to look at. He's quite a chunky horse. 450kilos,

:01:15.:01:20.

something like that. He's a biggish, strong horse. I love how hands on

:01:20.:01:24.

Aidan O'Brien is, fantastic to see him on the track leading him out,

:01:24.:01:29.

keeping him relaxed. Obviously he knows the horse very well.

:01:29.:01:34.

obviously gets a little bit worked up. They are making sure he doesn't

:01:34.:01:38.

parade that far in front of the grandstand, then turn round and

:01:39.:01:47.

heads down. Are you trying to get him into trouble? No, just saying.

:01:47.:01:57.
:01:57.:02:09.

Here is John and Gary. would stop the contest. All the

:02:09.:02:15.

money's for So You Think. Apollo went 2-1, they got knocked out. 7-4

:02:15.:02:19.

Chronicle. All the money's for one horse, So You Think. What happen if

:02:20.:02:24.

it wins? I don't know what the bookrys are going to do, I don't.

:02:24.:02:29.

They are having a terrible day. No good holidays for the bookies for

:02:29.:02:35.

the winter, John. So You Think, bred in New Zealand,

:02:35.:02:42.

an Australia champion. He's had six runs in Europe for four wins. The

:02:42.:02:47.

second here at Royal Ascot and also a fourth in the Arc and he backs up

:02:47.:02:51.

13 days after that fourth at Longchamp.

:02:51.:02:57.

There he is live and we seem almost at the start now. Ryan Moore,

:02:57.:03:01.

conspicuous in that he took him away from others, kept him well

:03:01.:03:11.
:03:11.:03:24.

Sarafina and Goldikova over a mile and one and just below group one

:03:24.:03:29.

level he finishes second or wins. Sometimes he knocks on the door.

:03:29.:03:39.
:03:39.:03:45.

Close but no cigar. Indeed. Christophe Soumillon, how do you

:03:45.:03:52.

find him? He's really helpful and flash. If you needed any advice,

:03:52.:03:57.

he's more than happy to help. in the past pointed at his bottom

:03:57.:04:03.

as if to say quis my, you know. William Bewick, what a season he's

:04:03.:04:13.
:04:13.:04:31.

beautifully if Tom Queally was to win this as well as the QEII. This

:04:31.:04:35.

horse? I'm familiar with him, I rode him and I will put my hands up

:04:35.:04:38.

and say I probably should have been second on him, he was unlucky

:04:38.:04:42.

turning in, but he's a fantastic horse, but he seems to like his

:04:42.:04:49.

road trips, likes going somewhere on a plane or a boat. So did they

:04:49.:04:58.

take him round the M25 twice so he felt like he had a trip? Yeah! He's

:04:58.:05:02.

very popular and despite us saying he's better abroad, he's ran a good

:05:03.:05:08.

race at Ascot before. I think 33-1 is a massive price for him,

:05:08.:05:14.

actually. How influential is the draw going to be? John Gosden said

:05:14.:05:18.

he didn't want Nathaniel to be drawn wide and he is. The thing

:05:18.:05:24.

ability him being drawn wide today is, it's OK because all the horses

:05:24.:05:29.

that are drawn low are holed up horses, so he'll get a free run to

:05:29.:05:32.

get his position wherever he wants. I know that the mile and a quarter

:05:32.:05:37.

is a bad place to be drawn wide because you come to a turn pretty

:05:37.:05:42.

soon, but I think because of the way the draw has happened, he will

:05:42.:05:47.

be automobile to do whatever he wants on him. There's not too many

:05:47.:05:52.

to go on him. -- he will be able to do whatever he wants.

:05:52.:05:57.

It's been a fabulous afternoon here so far. Can it get even better?

:05:57.:06:01.

Here is Jim McGrath. �1.3 million in prize money. Ryan

:06:01.:06:08.

Moore aboard the favourite, So You Think. That's it, they're ready for

:06:08.:06:15.

the Qipco champion Stakes. They are racing. So You Think began

:06:15.:06:20.

brilliant, as did Nathaniel. Vying for the lead with Ransom Note.

:06:20.:06:26.

Cirrus Des Aigles. Dubai Prince trapped a little wide. A short run

:06:26.:06:33.

to the first corner and Ransom Note on the inside. Two lengths to So

:06:33.:06:40.

You Think. A beautiful position there. Fol Leed by Cirrus Des

:06:40.:06:50.
:06:50.:06:51.

Aigles. A length and a half to Snow Fairy back in the field. Wigmore

:06:51.:06:56.

Hall. Two lengths to Green Destiny. Settling down and the leader is on

:06:56.:07:01.

the inside, Ransom Note. Being pressured by Nathaniel. Two lengths

:07:01.:07:11.
:07:11.:07:11.

to So You Think. Two lengths Sri Putra.

:07:11.:07:15.

All the time they are climbing uphill towards the half mile. So

:07:15.:07:18.

You Think is travelling beautifully for Ryan Moore. As they race up

:07:18.:07:23.

with less than a half mile to go, Ransom Note, the leader from

:07:23.:07:28.

Nathaniel and So You Think. Snow Fairy behind them, followed by

:07:28.:07:34.

Twice Over. Going forward is Dubai Prince. Sri Putra. Wigmore Hall in

:07:34.:07:40.

company with Midday who's giving them a long stand. Into the home

:07:40.:07:44.

straight now. In the Champion Stakes, kicking for him, it's

:07:44.:07:48.

Nathaniel. Two lengths in fronts. Here is the Aussie champ on the

:07:48.:07:52.

outside, So You Think, striding up from Cirrus Des Aigles. Snow Fairy

:07:52.:07:55.

looking for a way through. A furlong left in the champions

:07:55.:08:01.

stakes and So You Think takes it up. Cirrus Des Aigles is the challenger

:08:01.:08:05.

for France. So You Think and Cirrus Des Aigles. Snow Fairy in the clear.

:08:05.:08:09.

It's stride for stride, Cirrus Des Aigles just getting on top. Cirrus

:08:09.:08:13.

Des Aigles is going to win the champions stakes. In second is So

:08:13.:08:21.

You Think, third Snow Fairy, fol Leed by Nathaniel and further back

:08:21.:08:28.

Midday -- followed. Casamento one of the last Twice Over in company

:08:28.:08:31.

with Green Destiny. Somewhere behind them tailed off is Dubai

:08:31.:08:38.

Prince. The French have won the Qipco champions stakes, the 12-1

:08:38.:08:48.
:08:48.:08:57.

winner ridden by Christophe Soumillon. First prize money of

:08:57.:09:01.

�700,000. One of the great riders in Europe, he's won the big one on

:09:01.:09:06.

Cirrus Des Aigles, wearing down, so you would think, in the dying

:09:06.:09:08.

strides, just when Ryan Moore thought he was home, this horse got

:09:08.:09:13.

on top and won it by a half length. Cirrus Des Aigles beat So You Think.

:09:13.:09:19.

In third place, Snow Fairy, another great run. Back in fourth is mid

:09:19.:09:26.

daifplt in fifth, Nathaniel. In sixth is Green Destiny. -- Midday.

:09:27.:09:36.

Sri Putra. Wigmore Hall and one on the far side, just can't quite pick

:09:36.:09:44.

it up. Just behind them though, Twice Over. Then a gap to Casamento.

:09:45.:09:51.

Dubai Prince was a long way behind them. There's the winner though.

:09:51.:09:54.

Cirrus Des Aigles. The winner trainer is with me now. The scenes

:09:54.:09:59.

here in the winners' enclosure are fantastic. What does it mean to

:09:59.:10:04.

you? It means a lot. I always thought this horse was a very good

:10:04.:10:09.

horse, the best in the field and I'm very happy for the owner, for

:10:09.:10:18.

all the team and especially for my friend. Could you describe your

:10:18.:10:24.

emotions through the last furlong? I talked to my neighbour, he

:10:24.:10:30.

guessed he's going to do it and he just did it, so we are very like in

:10:30.:10:34.

paradise. You look like you need some gas and

:10:34.:10:38.

you can't breathe? It's the first time for a group one and...

:10:38.:10:46.

first one in England. Thank you to English racing to accept geldings.

:10:46.:10:51.

Indeed. Fantastic. Many congratulations. Well done. For the

:10:51.:10:57.

second time today, the French enjoy a narrow success. They win our

:10:58.:11:01.

finale, the Qipco Championship Stakes with Cirrus Des Aigles, his

:11:01.:11:10.

first win at group one level. He's been consistent all season long.

:11:10.:11:18.

The owner said Cirrus was her friend. Ian Mongan tried to keep

:11:18.:11:22.

the horse in but couldn't make it happen. So You Think, he finds

:11:22.:11:26.

plenty, but Cirrus Des Aigles finds just a little more. Snow Fairy a

:11:26.:11:30.

little trapped behind them. Not sure whether it would have made any

:11:30.:11:38.

difference but she was blocked when Peslier was coming up. It's a

:11:38.:11:46.

course record and what a way to round off the day. Very competitive

:11:46.:11:54.

indeed. This horse is just a winner through merit. So You Think, the

:11:54.:11:58.

Aussie champion, won on merit today. I thought the race was run truly,

:11:58.:12:03.

there's no hard luck stories, Snow Fairy ran a great race and So You

:12:03.:12:07.

Think, similar so what they were two weeks ago, it's a great thing

:12:07.:12:14.

here for the champions Stakes. It's been a great Champions' Day. We've

:12:14.:12:19.

just seen another champion, Cirrus Des Aigles, winning the champions

:12:19.:12:25.

stakes. Absolutely fantastic. And Soumillon greeting the crowd.

:12:25.:12:28.

Unfortunate maybe for some people that the French ended up winning

:12:28.:12:34.

the big one. But for the good of the day it's fantastic. A European

:12:34.:12:40.

international day 12-1 by the way, just confirming. Having the finale,

:12:40.:12:43.

we have the best British racing, especially in the summer, starting

:12:43.:12:49.

with Ascot and we need a finale for the best races and this is it.

:12:49.:12:54.

That's why we need the French involved. We've got the Arc, Hong

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Kong, the Breeder's Cup. We've had to muscle in a little bit but

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rightly so. Given this was the first ever, Willie, how good was

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today? Fantastic. The best horse you will ever see in Frankel. We've

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had fantastic racing. The punters I think have been on top of the

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bookmakers, except in the last race, and now we think that the last race

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we've just seen that Richard Hannon's won the Championship with

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prize money. In terms of the Qipco trainers Championship, that's been

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won by Sir Henry Cecil and the leading jockey for that Champions'

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Series is confirmed as Tom Queally. It's been a great innovation, it's

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brought so much I think to flat racing, to the season, it gives us

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a great finale and what a way to go out. With thanks to all the BBC

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racing team, in particular the editor, it's his last programme,

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what a way to sign off, to Hayley, Willie Rishi and the team in the

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betting ring as well. Most people would have watched today and if

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that was the first time ever watched racing, you would think,

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wow, is it that good and yes it is. I hope you recorded it. Frankel

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will be in training this year and maybe he'll be back to defend his

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crown next year and possibly even stepping up to the Champion Stakes.

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