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Qipco British Champions day, a fabulous day of racing. It's about

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more than that. The reason thousands have poured through the

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gates, the reason you are tuned in today is because this is the climax,

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not just of one horse race's career but also the breeding of horse

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races. Frankel is arguably the best we've ever seen, unbeaten in 13

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starts. The good news is that the course is dry and clear. He

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definitely runs in the Champion Stakes which will be our final race

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here on BBC One. The Sir Henry Cecil trained cult

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Frankel has been named horse of the year. One of the best horses you've

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ever seen. The best in a lifetime. This is the greatest racehorse I've

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ever seen. Frankel is certainly box office. The best horse in world,

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perhaps the greatest racehorse we have ever seen. We have the best

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racehorse in the world on official ratingsment The highest rated horse

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in the world. It's the big, big one for Frankel. They are racing. He

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begins to stretch out. Gets an immediate response. Acceleration.

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In front by ten lengths. He dismisses his rivals. The brilliant

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unbeaten Frankel. The sensational. You will never see another like him.

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And this is the coolest man on the course, Tom Queally. He'll take the

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mount for the 14th time and he'll be in charge of guiding Frankel

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over a mile and a quarter of the Champion Stakes. Richard Hughes has

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had the year of his life, will be crowned champion jockey for the

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first time in his career and won seven winners at Windsor last

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Monday. Peslier is on board his horse today. William Buick is here

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too. Sovereign Debt, it's not a big day unless Frankie is here. He

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teams up again with Colour Vision, the horse he won the Gold Cup on.

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Johnny Murtagh has a book of good rides as well, including Dancing

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Rain. These are live shots from our helicopter as it makes its way here

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towards Ascot. That magnificent grandstand. It looks superb! Here

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it is, the crowds are enormous today. It's been sold out for a

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couple of weeks and they have come because it's champions day, but

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more than anything, they have come because of Frankel. So it's a huge

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relief that the rain finally eased off. Any fears there might have

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been in the Henry Cecil camp were allayed. This is why so many of the

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youngsters are here, waving their Go Frankel little whatever they are

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called? Pallets. This is why I have to be with you, you give me the

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words that I miss sometimes. Good afternoon, all. Good afternoon.

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What a day. Exciting? Great day in prospect. Champions galore we have

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here today. Of course, we are going to have the Grand Final of the

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great Frankel. Here is the question. Is it the Grand Final of Frankel?

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Is this definitely his last race? Will he be retired after today or

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not? That's a very good question, Clare. I don't think the people who

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train him, own him know the answer to that. I think they are going to

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wait to see what happens today and I think we might get a very good

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announcement that this horse might be staying in training. Wow. That

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would be the best news of all actually. The The thing is, Henry

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Cecil, not the best feeling guy in the world, he's not well, it will

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help him. He'll never get a horse as good as this again to come to

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the races and see a horse like this run, so why retire him, you know.

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When he gets retired, we know he's going to be money-making machine.

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People in racing don't just have horses to make money, you know,

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they have to enjoy them. The owner believes the public own this horse

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now. He believes that. Let's have a word with Teddy who's with Rishi

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now. He looks after if racing interests of the owner of Frankel.

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Remarkably calm on a day when a lot of people are tense and nervous

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about the appearance of Frankel. You appear to be in charge of your

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emotions? I try to be. It's going to be a great day and we are really

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looking forward to it. How much has the rain, the changing ground, the

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soft ground here, been a concern for you in the build-up to this

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meeting? When I was driving down last night and everyone was ringing

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me saying the rain's coming and it was ghastly, I was getting a little

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depressed. I walked the course this morning and it's certainly softer

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in the ten to eight furlong areas, Swindley Bottom, and there are some

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softer patches there, definitely. As you come round the straight,

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it's good really. It's certainly soft ground, but it's certainly

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within Frankel's capabilities I think.

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In terms of its capabilities and his appreciation of soft ground,

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there's a School of Thought that he may find or be better than the

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other horses on soft ground anyway because he's down one on soft

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ground. There's indications that he won't be inconvenienced by it?

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did well at Newmarket on soft. Shane who rides him all the time

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said he handled it as well as anything and was seeming to be very

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pleased with him. We've got to be honeful. Can you believe the

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interest in here today on Frankel - - hopeful. Everyone's here to see

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him? People are walking around with bill boards and little souvenirs

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supporting him today. Must be extremely proud of what you are

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seeing? I think the job Henry's done, prince Khalid for him, it's

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the third generation home-bred, it's a huge thing to come here with

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a horse today like this, and it's great that everyone's turned up,

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enjoyed him and appreciated him. Wish you all the luck today. Stay

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calm. Thank you. Need it. Lord Grimthorpe made reference to

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Swindley Bottom. There it is there. The lowest part of the racecourse

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that,'s why it's always the slowest. You can see from the top of your

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screen that, is downhill until the turn. That turn is the lowest part

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of the racecourse and always the softest part of the track. We get a

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good feel for the condition of the track. We have the first five races

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makes it so exciting is that the horses have been running against

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each other all season because the Champions' Series creates a series

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of races over different distances. The first one we are going to see

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sprinters, the stayers, the middle distance horses and some really

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keen competition for you right throughout the day. We start with

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the stayers. Let's check the runners and riders in the first

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race today. This is the Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup

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can see people milling around for the first race. Frankel-mania has

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taken over. If you want to back the great horse, he's a general 1-4

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shot. That means if you put �4 on, you will win a pound. A fabulous

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supporting cast. This Long Distance Cup that opens up today is brill

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yapt. This is how they bet: -- Opinion Poll. Barzalona, not always

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the easiest of rides here, but he's trying to gets him settled down

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here. The crowd get a chance to have a good look at him. Oh, hello,

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just dropping his rein there. ain't running away with him. Look

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at the fantastic balance of the jockey. His body's hardly moved. He

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didn't bump the saddle, his backside didn't hit on the saddle.

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Lovely balance. That is why jockeys are so good, because they've got

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terrific balance. Dan with his feet firmly on the ground, or indeed in

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it, Mick Fitzgerald is at Swinley Bottom so we can have a look and

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see how good the ground is. The ground officially is soft,

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heavy in places on the round course and soft on the straight course. We

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are here, the softest part. You can just see, if I dig my heel in, it

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goes in quite easily. It's making a decent print. The big problem you

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have for Frankel is, they've got to have two races over this track

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before he runs on it and it might get a bit poached but it's not

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desperate ground. The heavy patches are few and far between.

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This could be the most progressive horse in the field, the youngest

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one certainly. This is Aiken and he's four years old. This is his

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first time over two miles. Yes, he likes a cut in the ground. It will

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be a test of stamina, but he's a progressive cult. He's going to

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like the conditions. Jimmy Fortune who rode him before has said that

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he'll get the two mile, so they are not worried about the distance.

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important day for John Gosden, the first of his runners today and he

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could seal the Championship? �500,000 in front of Aidan O'Brien,

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so if he has a very good day today, has a couple of winners, that would

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seal the trainers' Championship up here today.

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You can see Colour Vision there with Sovereign Debt. Won the Gold

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Cup. Wasn't it a great race as well? It was, and most of the

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horses that run here today they ran in the Gold Cup but the gold cup

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was running a -- run in a different time of the year. Most horses here

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today would prefer faster ground, but there are a couple who like it

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soft. We can have a look at the Gold Cup because it's absolutely

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key. Four of the runners involved in that. Opinion Poll finishes

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second. Fame And Glory desperately disappointing and Saddler's Rock in

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the race again today. All horses prefer the faster ground. The horse

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that finishes second here in the white cap, with Barzalona on board,

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now he would be the horse I would think will change positions with

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the grey horse that Frankie is on, Opinion Poll. Which is probably why

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he's favourite today? Yes, he's the one that people know will handle

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the conditions much better. You heard Mick saying the ground is

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heavy in places, but the ground is soft. The Gold Cup was run on

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really fast ground. Let's remember how God Fame And Glory is. In the

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Derby. He finished second last time. This season's not gone to plan for

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him. What do you think's gone wrong? They brought him up to be

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the main staying horse, but he's failed on a couple of occasions. On

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those occasions, the ground was on the soft side, so he's got the same

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conditions today that when he runs badly. So you would have to, you

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know, say that he's got it all to do today to win this race in these

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conditions. But, we know he has got the ability to do so. Let us have a

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look and see what price Fame And Glory is with John.

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the others running. This is Ile De This horse did the Chester Cup and

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the number land Plate. -- the Northumberland Plate. He went to

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the sales and was unsold. Oh, hello, that's Rite of Passage he is trying

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to go into the stalls and he is not liking it. This fella has been

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running the National Hunt, so hasn't had to go into the stalls

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for many a time. A. You wouldn't expect an 8-year-old to be saying,

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"I don't want to go into these stalls." Rite of Passage is a Gold

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Cup winner, a fair old time ago, in 2010. Fame And Glory is a Gold Cup

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winner. Colour Vision, a Gold Cup winner, and then the unproven, the

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potential of Aiken. And Saddler's Rock. Saddler's Rock was favourite

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for the Gold Cup. He doesn't like soft ground. He's a firm ground

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horse as well. He ended up winning the Goodwood Cup. I believe he also

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ran at Doncaster. He hasn't had the conditions that he would like. He's

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a horse that likes top of the ground. This is a good price and

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everybody has come to be a champion. It doesn't matter what the

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conditions are. They are still running even though the conditions

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don't suit them. Your fancy is? going Forpadydeplasterer Opinion,

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but I'm frightened about Aiken, because he is a horse that's on the

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up. William Buick, a busy day ahead. Four rides. He rides Nathaniel in

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the Champion Stakes, and they're off for this QIPCO British

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Champions Long Distance Cup. It is over two miles. In the early stages

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on the inside one of the first away is Fame And Glory. Out there too is

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Ile De Re on the outside. Just behind them the grey Electrolyser.

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Dropping in behind them is Colour Vision. Two or three away is Aiken

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in the early stages. Saddler's Rock takes up fifth on the inside,

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followed by the white cap of Opinion and back towards the rear

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Rite of Passage, and two lengths Askar Tau. Just under a circuit to

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go. The leader on settling down is Ile De Re, the grey by a length-

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and-a-half. On the outside is Fame And Glory. Last year's winner in

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second. In third Electrolyser, who is racing on the outside of Colour

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Vision in the early stages. Two lengths further back is Aiken, who

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is on the outside of Saddler's Rock. They swing down towards the mile-

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and-a-half gate. Well back is Opinion with a white cap, followed

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by Rite of Passage. And two oar three away Askar Tau. The pace is

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pricked in these conditions. It is Ile De Re, the grey, out in front.

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The Chester Cup winner and Northumberland Plate winner leads

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by a length to Fame And Glory. In behind them is Colour Vision, the

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Gold Cup winner of this year, tucked away on the inside of

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Electrolyser. Two lengths back Aiken is travelling on the outside

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of Saddler's Rock. All the time they are running downhill towards

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Swinley Bottom. They are followed by Opinion. In the yellow cap Rite

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of Passage on the inside of Askar Tau. Still heading downhill and

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passing the mile. It is Ile De Re in this QIPCO British Champions

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Long Distance Cup. He shows the way from Fame And Glory on the used.

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Tucked in behind them is Colour Vision. A half length is another

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grey. That's Electrolyser two lengths further back is Aiken, who

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is travelling on the outside of Saddler's Rock. Three away then is

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Opinion, Rite of Passage and out the back Askar Tau. Still no change

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in the order as they race out of Swinley Bottom, the softest part of

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the track. They race uphill now and it is Ile De Re in front bay length

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to Fame And Glory. Two away Colour Vision has had the perfect run

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behind them on the pace. On his outside is Electrolyser. Two

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lengths to Aiken. Going well for William Buick. Half a length on the

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inside Saddler's Rock. Two lengths to Opinion back in the field be

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followed by Rite of Passage and Askar Tau. All the time climbing up

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towards home. Five furlongs out now. On the inside Ile De Re bay laugh

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henge Fame And Glory. Two away on the inside is Colour Vision, being

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niggled from Electrolyser Behind then Saddler's Rock. Aiken still

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poised with about four lengths behind the leader. Further back

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Opinion with Rite of Passage and Askar Tau. Racing around the home

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bend now. Three furlongs left to go in the long distance Cup and Ile De

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Re is being tackled by Fame And Glory. Fame And Glory has put his

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nose in front. Electrolyser on the outside pulled out wide. Aiken is

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putting in a claim. Down the outside is Saddler's Rock. Inside

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Fame And Glory has kicked for home. A length-and-a-half clear. Aiken on

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the outside with Electrolyser and now Opinion has launched down the

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outside by Mickael Barzalona. They've got a furlong to go. Aiken

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moves up grabs the lead from Fame And Glory. They are followed bias

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as, Saddler's Rock and Opinion has been pulled up. It is Aiken in

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front. Here's Rite of Passage. Rite of Passage bursting through and

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Rite of Passage has got up to win from Aiken. Askar Tau out wide is

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third followed by Electrolyser and then Fame And Glory, Saddler's Rock,

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a gap to Ile De Re. Opinion almost pulled up, second last. And last is

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Colour Vision. Rite of Passage, what a sensational

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comeback. 510 days off the track and here he is. He comes back to

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win here for Dermot and Pat Smullen. They hit the line, Rite of Passage,

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the 2010 Gold Cup winner has pulled it out of the fire. He's beaten

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Aiken. Then on the outside Askar Tau. A gap then to Electrolyser in

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fourth. In fifth Fame And Glory couldn't go on. Sixth is Saddler's

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Rock. And then a long, long gap. Back to the seventh. Let's wait.

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There's Ile De Re. The other two are the two Godolphin runners -

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Opinion and just walking over the line - literally - Colour Vision,

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the Gold Cup winner, is last. Rite of Passage ridden by Pat Smullen.

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What a training performance by Dermot to produce this horse, a

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dual-purpose horse. He's a good jumper. In fact he was one of the

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favourites for one of the novices at Cheltenham not la long back as

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well. He ran a place there I believe.

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He's won a Gold Cup here as well. 8-1 the winner, Rite of Passage,

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has run 3: 35.98. That's the time for the two miles. He is the winner

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of our first race on British Champions Day. This is the long

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distance Cup. It could yet be a day of shocks. The old boy has done it!

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The oldest horse in the race at eight years old. The last time we

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saw him was May 2011. And here he comes. Rite of Passage through to

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win the long distance Cup. Aiken lugs across, gets tired, leads on

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Fame And Glory a bit. Pat Smullen keeps pushing Rite of Passage,

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keeps asking him and the horse responds, Willie. The first thing

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that comes out in the race, Fame And Glory should go back to a mile-

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and-a-half. That seems to be his distance. He doesn't get the two

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miles. Aiken thinks he's -- sorry, William Buick thinks he's got the

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race won. Two years the horse hasn't run for. He is eight years

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of age by Giants Causeway. An unbelievable training performance

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to bring a horseback on nearly heavy ground after two years of not

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being on the track. Fantastic. when he was so reluctant to go into

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the stalls, and he goes and does that! Look at his face. He looks

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like he's been riding at Cheltenham with all that mud. This horse has

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been to Cheltenham. That sort of experience has helped him today

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obviously, because that was a little bit not just a horse race.

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It was gruelling time for them. They were very, very tired. Horses

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at the furlong pole were starting to go sideways because they were

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very tired indeed. But this guy, what a performance by the trainer.

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And the trainer's son is heavily involved in the yard as well. He

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ran at Cheltenham in 2009 in the Bumper, he finished third, and in

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2010 the Supreme Novices. Although he is eight years old he hadn't had

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that many races. Aiken has run brilliantly well hasn't he? He's

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progressed. He is tired, goes on top of Fame And Glory there. The

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third horse, Askar Tau. He is normally a horse that loves rock

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hard ground. He has run a cracker! Hasn't he run well? He is bay the

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great Galileo. He is by mon dieu actually. Oh, sorry! Starts off a

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great Champions Day by winning the two-mile race here. The QIPCO

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British Champions Long Distance Cup. FANFARE

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APPLAUSE Rite of Passage, who won the Ascot

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Gold Cup here on good to firm ground has shown his versatility by

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winning on today's going, which is soft, heavy in places on the round

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course. To give you some idea, they ran 11.85 seconds outside of the

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record. 11.85. It is pretty slow, that's for sure. Carrying the

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colours of Dr Ronan Lamb. Scenes of elation there in the winner's

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enclosure. Dermot, there he is, just disappearing out of the right

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of the screen. A man who has trained two Melbourne Cup winners.

:26:11.:26:16.

Classics and great staying winners as well. This is a training

:26:16.:26:24.

performance of which even he would be deeply proud. Aiken went there

:26:24.:26:31.

to win but Rite of Passage was just far too good, a classy performance

:26:31.:26:41.
:26:41.:26:51.

was Aiken at 4-1 and third was Askar Tau at 33-1. What a training

:26:51.:26:59.

performance that was. You've heard Clare and Willie

:26:59.:27:07.

mention what a remarkable training performance that is from Dermot.

:27:07.:27:15.

Not only a return after a 510-day absence. He is getting older. It is

:27:15.:27:20.

hard to retain that ability. We are trying to grab a word with the

:27:20.:27:24.

winning trainer. Dermot, congratulations. Loads of people

:27:24.:27:29.

are singing your praises. One of the greats of all time. He is a

:27:29.:27:33.

special horse and he deserved to come back. You must remember he set

:27:33.:27:38.

a track record in the Gold Cup, but he's had ongoing tendon problems,

:27:38.:27:43.

serious tendon problems, so it is a special day to bring him back.

:27:43.:27:46.

there ever a moment when you thought he might be retired? Most

:27:46.:27:51.

times I thought he would be retired. He's always had this great will to

:27:51.:27:56.

win, this horse. It was a matter of me keeping him sound, trying to get

:27:56.:28:00.

him fit. We've had such a wet year and a wet autumn. It was very

:28:00.:28:05.

difficult. I would liked to have had him away to work to be grass

:28:05.:28:09.

gallops but we didn't do it. I had a huge concern with the fitness.

:28:09.:28:15.

The plan was to take our time with him and hunt early on and ride him

:28:15.:28:20.

to come home. There's nobody better than Pat to do that. Here he is.

:28:20.:28:24.

Pat, that was a remarkable performance from a horse who hadn't

:28:24.:28:29.

run for a year-and-a-half. And the trainer as well. It is probably one

:28:29.:28:33.

of the most impressive training performances I've ever seen. The

:28:33.:28:38.

horse has had a lot of problems and the boss has worked extremely hard

:28:38.:28:44.

to. Have him ready for this race is something. At what point did you

:28:45.:28:53.

think you were going to win? It was always about fitness. As soon as we

:28:53.:28:59.

went over Swinley Bottom, we met the rising ground. It was brave and

:28:59.:29:04.

I took the chance to go down the inside and it came off for us.

:29:04.:29:07.

training performance obviously outstanding. The horse, going back

:29:07.:29:12.

to how tough you have to be, to come back after this time. It must

:29:12.:29:16.

be something that you find remarkable. It is a rarity in

:29:16.:29:22.

horses and this lad has it in abundance. He showed it in his win

:29:22.:29:27.

in the Ascot Gold Cup to. Come back on totally different conditions,

:29:27.:29:31.

99.9% of horses would have given up at the furlong pole but he fought

:29:31.:29:36.

himself through to a gap. talking point is the ground on the

:29:36.:29:39.

round course. It is very soft at Swinley Bottom, but it is not so

:29:39.:29:45.

bad on the straight. It is testing conditions. A last question to you

:29:45.:29:48.

Dermot. You have won the Melbourne Cup. Where does this performance

:29:48.:29:53.

rank in your training career? one of those very satisfying days.

:29:53.:29:57.

When you are fortunate, everybody trainer, we only have a limited

:29:57.:30:03.

number of good horses. Famous Name, and this horse. You have to get the

:30:03.:30:07.

maximum out of them. You have to mind them and try to have them

:30:07.:30:13.

right for the big days. This is one of the biggest tests I've faced.

:30:13.:30:16.

I'm delighted he's come good on the day. We've got the horse, the

:30:16.:30:26.
:30:26.:30:33.

jockey and the answer. And the in the middle of the field, third

:30:33.:30:37.

right at the back, fourth and fifth up at the front. That would tend to

:30:37.:30:44.

suggest, Mick, that you wanted to be held up in this race. Nt Yes,

:30:45.:30:50.

Pat smulen got stopped a couple of times. I spoke to a few of the

:30:50.:30:57.

jockeys, even jockeys who ride horses that love soft ground,

:30:57.:31:04.

they've all come back and said it's very soft ground.

:31:04.:31:08.

Fame And Glory in second place. We'll have a look back at the

:31:08.:31:11.

closing stages as they begin to turn into the home straight. Fame

:31:11.:31:16.

And Glory hasn't won that badly at all. He's out in front in the pink

:31:16.:31:21.

and green jacket. Here is the winner though, purple and yellow

:31:21.:31:31.
:31:31.:31:33.

coat. The best place to be for rim, is the rails? Yes, he's trying to

:31:33.:31:39.

get up there. Jamie Spencer's gone on Fame And Glory and he's thinking,

:31:39.:31:44.

I need a bit of luck here. He kept nudging away and luckily for him,

:31:44.:31:47.

because the ground is that bit softer, they've come back to him a

:31:47.:31:51.

bit and allowed him to get another one. You can see them coming

:31:51.:31:58.

between the horses here, it's given him a bit of encouragement. Pat

:31:58.:32:04.

smulen in no mood to be denied -- Smullen. They are all slows down,

:32:04.:32:07.

so very soft ground on the round course today remember. A couple of

:32:07.:32:12.

races, the straight sprint and the QEII Stakes over the straight mile.

:32:12.:32:18.

Won't be as bad ont straight course. Happy scenes for all those who can

:32:18.:32:24.

celebrate the success of Rite Of Passage. Nick Skelton there on the

:32:24.:32:31.

left who won show jumping at the Olympics. Dr Ronan Lamb and his

:32:31.:32:35.

wife, Anne. Good start to the day and Mick

:32:36.:32:45.
:32:46.:32:46.

skeltp, one of many gold medallists. -- Skelton. Sophie Christianson won

:32:46.:32:48.

three Paralympics and we have a fantastic Olympic feel, a

:32:48.:32:53.

celebration of all that was good about 2012. Tina Cook who was part

:32:53.:32:57.

of the eventing team signing autographs and so many have come

:32:57.:33:02.

together because they know this is a great day of sport and horse

:33:02.:33:06.

sport. We have a few cross-country benches built here. That was saturn

:33:06.:33:13.

and this is the lucky horseshoe. Fingers crossed all will be lucky

:33:13.:33:19.

for Frankel. He could get beat. biggest test because of the ground

:33:19.:33:29.

and because of the opposition as well. The French cult... A gelding?

:33:29.:33:36.

Yes. I say that because that's why he couldn't race in the Ark. Yes,

:33:36.:33:41.

he's a very serious horse. He possibly is one of the best horses

:33:41.:33:45.

in the whole wide world because he's gone around the world and won

:33:45.:33:49.

everywhere. Then you've got Nathaniel who missed the ark

:33:49.:33:53.

detriumph, comes here, who obviously is one of the best horses

:33:53.:33:59.

in training in England. Very good over a mile and a half. It will

:33:59.:34:03.

feel like more than a mile and a quarter and could play into the

:34:03.:34:10.

hands of Nathaniel. That race at 4.05. A fitting end to the season

:34:10.:34:15.

and a fitting tribute to Frankel, we hope. The build-up to Champions

:34:15.:34:20.

Day began with a special salute to racing's biggest champion. The

:34:21.:34:25.

Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment exercising their horses in Hyde

:34:25.:34:30.

Park in a tribute organised by the Racing Post. Because Frankel is

:34:30.:34:34.

such a phenomenal athlete and incredible inspiration, we just

:34:34.:34:37.

couldn't turn this opportunity down. It's certainly never happened

:34:37.:34:41.

before and I shouldn't think it will ever happen again so it's

:34:41.:34:46.

extremely unique. On the track, James Fanshawe seeks to make it

:34:46.:34:55.

back-to-back wins when he saddles Society Rock, fancied by his rider.

:34:55.:35:01.

I think he's a horse you'll have to beat, regardless of ground. Dancing

:35:01.:35:06.

Rain was impressive last year and she seeks to repeat her good form,

:35:06.:35:10.

despite an 11-month absence from the track. She's as good as we can

:35:10.:35:15.

possibly get her. We are petrified about the ground, but she's in good

:35:15.:35:20.

form and she blew out on Wednesday and looked great to me. Richard

:35:20.:35:24.

Hughes is fresh from winning seven races at Windsor on Monday. The

:35:24.:35:30.

rider is looking forward to being officially crowned champion jockey.

:35:30.:35:37.

Very proud. Tried hard and I got what I wanted eventually. Got up

:35:37.:35:43.

behind Paul Hanagan. Character- building stuff that was! He was

:35:43.:35:49.

Most Improved in the QEI ch. Aidan O'Brien is hot favourite over the

:35:49.:35:54.

mile. Carlton House, in a last chance to provide the Monarch with

:35:54.:35:58.

a Group U winner Jubilee winner, will be here. Second time out very

:35:58.:36:03.

easily at Newbury on very soft ground, so I wouldn't see that as a

:36:03.:36:09.

big bogey man -- Group I. In the Champion Stakes, John Gosden on the

:36:09.:36:15.

verge of champion train Erhahon nours settles Nathaniel in his

:36:15.:36:18.

final race before retirement. Cirrus Des Aigles also lines up.

:36:18.:36:24.

With the French team believing they can upset Frankel's perfect record.

:36:24.:36:29.

Yes, I want to beat Frankel because now it's raining in England. He

:36:29.:36:35.

loves the ground like that. According to most professionals,

:36:35.:36:39.

Peslier's view is optimistic, as they predictth win on the bounce

:36:39.:36:45.

for the wonder horse that is Frankel. I hope he slaughters them.

:36:45.:36:49.

The horse has infer disappointed throughout his career. He's a

:36:49.:36:54.

certainty. A complete freak. We'll never see anything like him again.

:36:54.:36:58.

I've been with him at least ten anyway. Keeps on beating by the

:36:58.:37:02.

same distance. An amazing horse, looking forward to seeing him and I

:37:02.:37:05.

hope nothing goes wrong and he shows his stuff.

:37:05.:37:10.

Of course, Frankel-mania is gripping everybody. A couple of

:37:10.:37:14.

interested race-goers. Keith, you have been racing over 45 years and

:37:14.:37:18.

seen some good horses in your time? Yes, that's correct. Up until

:37:18.:37:23.

Frankel turned up, I would have to say the best horse I'd ever seen

:37:23.:37:30.

was Nijinski. Back in the days of Vincent O'Brien and Lester Pigott.

:37:30.:37:33.

This horse is spectacularly different. How many times have you

:37:33.:37:40.

seen him run then? 11. You have been to nearly all? Yes, except for

:37:40.:37:47.

one when I was in hospital. Then I excused myself from an X-ray to go

:37:47.:37:53.

and watch on the television, but yes, I've seen him and backed him

:37:53.:37:58.

to win the 2000 Guineas at 12-1 which always endears a horse to

:37:58.:38:02.

one's self-. Was he's a different class. The best you have ever seen?

:38:02.:38:05.

I would say almost certainly, well definitely. Jane, you are seeing

:38:05.:38:09.

Frankel for the third time? Yes, saw him here last year, fantastic

:38:09.:38:19.
:38:19.:38:21.

horse. Saw him at York ah horse -- saw him at York. Are you going to

:38:21.:38:25.

see him? Hopefully. He'll win? Definitely. Thank you very much. A

:38:25.:38:29.

couple of interested punters here today. Someone who seen Frankel run

:38:29.:38:37.

a lot of times is Dave Yates who's joined me today. The SP of 1-4

:38:37.:38:41.

would suggest it's a tough test for Frankel? If you followed the

:38:41.:38:45.

betting, it would suggest it would be one to have tougherest tests. He

:38:45.:38:53.

was 10-1 when he won the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. He won the

:38:54.:38:58.

Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. 4-1, 5-1 on, the betting suggests he's faces

:38:58.:39:00.

a tougher task. If you use the market as your guide that,'s how

:39:00.:39:04.

you would see it. If you look at say private racings, now I've been

:39:04.:39:09.

looking at the Timeform ratings for this race and Frankel's races

:39:09.:39:13.

earlier in the season. Timeform established in 1948, a brand leader

:39:13.:39:16.

when it comes to assessing thoroughbred form. When Frankel won

:39:16.:39:25.

the Queen Anne, he was rated ten pounds clear of acceleration. 10-1,

:39:25.:39:29.

for the Sussex, he was 20 pounds clearer and now a stone. The

:39:29.:39:35.

betting tells you it's one of his hardest tasks, the private racings

:39:35.:39:43.

would tell you about one of -- it's one of the easiest. What about the

:39:43.:39:47.

ground? If it was normal fast, summer ground, Frankel would be 10,

:39:47.:39:52.

16, 20-1 on. We have had a saga towards the end of the week, will

:39:52.:39:58.

he won't he run, Lord grimthorpe walked the track, kept everybody

:39:58.:40:03.

informed and he's a runner. This is most extreme ground Frankel's raced

:40:03.:40:09.

on, whether he's able to reproduce his best, I personally think hi

:40:09.:40:15.

might get away with it, but I think he will. Will he win? I don't want

:40:15.:40:20.

to be the Grinch that stole Christmas, but yes, I think that's

:40:20.:40:24.

why we are all here. Standing here is a man who's had a tremendous

:40:24.:40:28.

year in the saddle, William Buick. You are just five points behind

:40:28.:40:34.

Joseph O'Brien. How much would it mean to you to win the title today?

:40:34.:40:38.

Well, it's basically just means that you won the best race in the

:40:38.:40:44.

country so it would mean a lot to me. That's what it's all about, to

:40:44.:40:49.

be able to compete on the big stage. I'm fortunate enough to have a good

:40:49.:40:54.

job and have great horses. Aiken, a big talking point today also about

:40:54.:41:00.

the ground, what did you make of it looking ahead to Nathaniel running?

:41:00.:41:05.

It's testing. You would expect that but it's not unsafe. It's safe.

:41:05.:41:09.

It's not, you know, I suppose it could be worse if there was more

:41:09.:41:12.

rain last night. They were fortunate they didn't get so much

:41:12.:41:22.

overnight, but it's very testing. You saw the two-mile race. They

:41:22.:41:27.

were bunched up near the line, so it's not going to be like a jump

:41:27.:41:32.

race. It will be very competitive. How do you think Nathaniel will

:41:32.:41:38.

shake-up today? He's the horse that's got closest to Frankel. That

:41:38.:41:42.

seems an eternity ago? Yes, they've both achieved a lot since then.

:41:42.:41:45.

Everybody knows about Frankel but Nathaniel has achieved a hell of a

:41:45.:41:51.

lot. Just got touched off being a back-to-back winner. He's a

:41:51.:41:55.

marvellous racehorse, has done very well and we are not here today to

:41:55.:41:59.

finish second, we are here to win and I'm going to try my best, as

:41:59.:42:02.

everybody is. He's in good form and everything's right on the day.

:42:02.:42:06.

Touch wood we can give Frankel a good race.

:42:06.:42:11.

Good luck. That's the bell going for the next race, the British

:42:11.:42:21.
:42:21.:42:39.

Sprint Cup... A great feel for the Qipco British

:42:39.:42:49.
:42:49.:42:49.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 61 seconds

:42:49.:43:50.

Champions Sprint Stakes over six backed the favourite. Willie, what

:43:50.:43:54.

did you think of him in the paddock? Looks very good. He looks

:43:54.:43:59.

in control of himself, not like a sprinter. He has given a bit of

:43:59.:44:06.

trouble at the start when he ran against the Australian mare.

:44:06.:44:10.

broke slowly out the stalls, didn't he? Missed the kick completely and

:44:10.:44:14.

he was unlucky in that race. We don't want anything like that

:44:14.:44:19.

happening to him today, but he looks in real tip-top condition.

:44:19.:44:24.

The The trainer is worried about the timing of the year because he's

:44:24.:44:29.

worried about horses lose form, but he looks magnificent. The way he

:44:29.:44:33.

looks, I wouldn't have thought he'd lost his form. And he likes the

:44:33.:44:38.

ground as well which helps? It's a bit firm.

:44:38.:44:44.

We had an Irish winner in the first, could we have one in this? Slade

:44:44.:44:51.

Power? Yes, he's been proven in the ground, so the ground, he will love

:44:51.:44:59.

it. He's been winning, but he's been doing it so well and... I was

:44:59.:45:03.

just going to say, Eddie Lyneham, remember his winner in 010, in the

:45:03.:45:13.
:45:13.:45:27.

none thurp? Yes, same colours. is totally proving... She looked

:45:27.:45:34.

fantastic. She won the Abbay. Flying home at Longchamp a couple

:45:34.:45:41.

of weeks ago. This might come a little bit quick but sprinters can

:45:42.:45:46.

normally take races close together. She looked magnificent in the

:45:46.:45:54.

paddock. This was over five furlongs. Today's race is over six.

:45:54.:46:01.

They finished really well to catch up. There she is in the green

:46:01.:46:05.

colours. The first two were having a battle royal. They changed places

:46:05.:46:10.

three times, the second and third. They are having a battle royal and

:46:10.:46:16.

got nipped on the post by this horse here, Wizz Kid, the French

:46:16.:46:24.

filly. And last year she finished second in the race behind Deacon

:46:24.:46:32.

Blue. There were only two French runners and she won it. Normally

:46:32.:46:42.
:46:42.:46:43.

Olivier Peslier rides this one but he is byy, so it is Gerald Mosse.

:46:43.:46:51.

And Dunaden was beaten in Ascot at the King George wasn't he? Yes.

:46:51.:46:58.

Let's join Rishi. He's alongside a gold medallist Paralympian. Another

:46:58.:47:03.

gold medal-winning Olympician. Carl Hester. How are you? I'm very well

:47:03.:47:07.

thank you. Having a great day. Still basking in the glory of

:47:07.:47:11.

London? You think it is going to end when the Games finishes but it

:47:11.:47:15.

is really only just the start. There's much more promotion to do,

:47:15.:47:19.

many more people want hear about it and many more people want to have a

:47:19.:47:23.

swing on the medal. That's what I've found. And today is a great

:47:23.:47:28.

race day in its own right. I would love to hear your thoughts on

:47:28.:47:32.

Frankel. Are you going to see him up close and personal today? What

:47:32.:47:37.

are your impressions of what you've seen of him so far? For someone

:47:37.:47:41.

like me, I'm one of the crowd. He to come today. I didn't want to

:47:41.:47:45.

miss. This I wanted to see what he looked like in the real. I've only

:47:46.:47:50.

ever seen him on television. That arrow-like speed is so, so amazing

:47:50.:47:58.

to watch. I wanted to see it for myself in the real, because it is a

:47:58.:48:01.

national treasure that I think everybody is so enthusiastic about.

:48:01.:48:05.

I have never actually bet on a race. I know that might sound

:48:05.:48:10.

unbelievable. I'm one of the tight ones at the back who says he might

:48:10.:48:14.

but never does. We were talking this morning in our production

:48:14.:48:21.

meeting what Frankel looks like as a racehorse, the fact he stays ten

:48:21.:48:26.

furlongs and he is built like a sprinter. His backside is enormous.

:48:26.:48:31.

The horses that you ride have enormous power. It's a huge

:48:31.:48:36.

difference even when we talk about how big Frankel is. It is. I

:48:36.:48:42.

probably own the best dressage horse this the world. When you talk

:48:42.:48:47.

about Frankel's back end, where all the power comes from, and when you

:48:47.:48:57.

look at my horse, you think, that horse has a backside like a cook!

:48:57.:49:04.

He has an incredible movement. When I look at dressage you have to look

:49:04.:49:11.

at the engine. The way the hind legs work creates this amazing

:49:11.:49:16.

expression. Thank you Karl and have a bet on Frankel. I will. Thank you.

:49:16.:49:21.

This is the view from the skies. Will it be interesting to see how

:49:21.:49:24.

differently this rides. The straight course here was relaid a

:49:24.:49:32.

few years ago. It is based on sand. It drains much better. After the

:49:32.:49:37.

first they said it was very soft, some said soft to heavy. Jamie

:49:37.:49:41.

Spencer said it was very bad. was on a horse that didn't get home.

:49:41.:49:45.

Which does sometimes colour your opinion. Kite coo be a different

:49:45.:49:50.

affair. This is Maarek, cantering down to

:49:50.:49:55.

the start with Jamie Spencer on board. He won a listed race at

:49:55.:50:00.

Newcastle. He love as good cut in the ground. This is a most

:50:00.:50:04.

competitive race, Clare. The most competitive race of the whole day.

:50:04.:50:10.

There's a lot of horses here. Six, seven, maybe eight horses you could

:50:10.:50:16.

say could win this race. It is going to be very competitive.

:50:16.:50:20.

among those six or seven you have Society Rock, Wizz Kid,

:50:20.:50:26.

Restiadargent, who we had a bit of a flutter on. Then she got steamed

:50:26.:50:33.

up in the paddock and we wished we hadn't. Maarek, Royal Rock maybe

:50:33.:50:40.

has a chance. A lot of horses here have chances. But on paper we liked

:50:40.:50:46.

the look of this filly. Black Caviar was very nearly beaten here

:50:46.:50:52.

at Royal Ascot this summer. She was darn closed to winning, but she

:50:52.:50:57.

finished third. She was only beaten within a length of Black Caviar.

:50:57.:51:02.

They were making excuses for her that day, saing things didn't go

:51:02.:51:10.

quite right. She is a filly that has to have things go right for her.

:51:10.:51:15.

-- saying things didn't go quite right. This is Cirrus Des Aigles.

:51:15.:51:22.

Some horses are autumn horses. He's been pretty busy so far this season.

:51:22.:51:30.

As Willie says, it is a very open race. Cirrus Des Aigles could be

:51:30.:51:40.
:51:40.:51:45.

the surprise package. Would have to improve. Society Rock 7-2.

:51:45.:51:53.

I cannot do the. That's alright, we forgive you. Medicean Man going

:51:53.:51:59.

forward there with Pat Cosgrave on board. We have to watch Society

:51:59.:52:05.

Rock to see how he leaves the stall. There is the French filly. She only

:52:05.:52:11.

ran two weeks ago but she's all muscling. She runs quick. Society

:52:11.:52:16.

Rock. That looks like him in the middle there. He will go in late.

:52:16.:52:23.

He's having a hood put on. A sash across him. Second from the right

:52:23.:52:29.

there. There he is getting a hood put on.

:52:29.:52:32.

And there's Cirrus Des Aigles going past. Kieren Fallon will try to

:52:32.:52:36.

make sure this time society jumps out of the stalls on the terms of

:52:36.:52:42.

rest of the field. If he does that he's got a really good chance.

:52:42.:52:49.

in charge of Society Rock. A really good chance, I must finish that

:52:49.:52:53.

sentence, adding to the success of last year. Society Rock will go off

:52:53.:52:59.

joint favourite with Wizz Kid. A very open race. Let's join Jim.

:52:59.:53:04.

Queally, the first of his two rides before Frankel. He's on Imperial

:53:04.:53:14.

Guest. They are set to go for the sprint. Shouts from the stalls, the

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jockeys weren't ready, but now they are. Royal Rock eased in behind

:53:18.:53:22.

this the early stages. Rest rest began well on the far side and

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Jimmy Styles is there in the centre. Van Ellis on the far side. In

:53:26.:53:30.

behind them is Wizz Kid, in company with Libranno. Further back is

:53:30.:53:33.

Hawkeyethenoo. On the nearside we've got four runners there as

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they race up the stands rail. It is The Cheka who is there on the

:53:38.:53:42.

nearside, showing the way from Imperial Guest. Behind them is

:53:42.:53:46.

Maarek, being pushed along and Medicean Man not that far away. Out

:53:46.:53:50.

of the centre is Jimmy Styles who shows the way from Restiadargent.

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Further back Van Ellis the far side. They are followed by the blue

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jacket of Elusivity from Libranno and Wizz Kid. On the nearside The

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Cheka showing out from Imperial Guest. They are followed by

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Medicean Man and Maarek. They race past if two. On the nearside The

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Cheka under pressure, grabbed by Imperial Guest and Maarek is

:54:11.:54:14.

bursting through. In the centre Van Ellis, Restiadargent, and here's

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Society Rock! Society Rock in the centre, but Maarek on the stands

:54:19.:54:23.

rail has burst in front. It was Hawkeyethenoo and Society Rock, but

:54:23.:54:28.

as they race towards the line Maarek has just got there there

:54:28.:54:33.

from Hawkeyethenoo. It is tight for third. Cirrus Des Aigles flew home.

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A photo with Society Rock. They are followed by Imperial Guest and

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Slade Power. The Cheka, followed by Wizz Kid and Medicean Man and Lewis

:54:42.:54:46.

lufplts further back Van Ellis, Restiadargent -- Elusivity, further

:54:46.:54:54.

back Van Ellis and Restiadargent and Jimmy Styles with Royal Rock.

:54:54.:55:01.

Another one for island. Two out of two. Number six Maarek, owned by a

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syndicate, trained by David Nagel and ridden by Jamie Spencer, has

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beaten Hawkeyethenoo. Tight for third. Cirrus Des Aigles in the

:55:12.:55:18.

centre made just have got there. From on the nearside very tight

:55:18.:55:21.

fourth there, Imperial Guest, and Society Rock. Top of the screen.

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They are followed by The Cheka, who ran so well for so far. They are

:55:27.:55:32.

followed by Wizz Kid. On the top of the screen, Slade Power crossing

:55:32.:55:36.

the line, in company with Elusivity in the blue. Then Van Ellis, who

:55:36.:55:41.

was just behind them. Third in the early stages. Medicean Man on the

:55:41.:55:47.

nearside was one of four that came up that stands rail to behind the

:55:47.:55:52.

others and then Restiadargent. Then Libranno. A gap Royal Rock in that

:55:52.:55:59.

black cap, followed by Jimmy Styles, who was one of the early leaders.

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That's the field. 15 of them you've seen there. The winner is number

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six, Maarek, ridden by Jamie Spencer. Second is number two,

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Hawkeyethenoo, Graham Lee. Third is number 9, that's Cirrus Des Aigles,

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Shane Kelly. And fourth is number three, Imperial Guest, ridden by

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Tom Queally. But Jamie Spencer reigns supreme in the sprint A pat

:56:28.:56:32.

on the back for Jamie Spencer for getting to the rail. That makes a

:56:32.:56:38.

difference. He is on a horse that loves soft ground. When a horse is

:56:38.:56:45.

getting tired, it helps. Maarek has done well to outlast the others. It

:56:45.:56:52.

is amazing how the race changed. Those up at the front faded. David

:56:52.:56:57.

only has a small yard. This is very much the star of his yard.

:56:57.:57:02.

excuse for him running last time was they didn't go fast enough for

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him, but today they went really fast. As you were saying, Clare,

:57:05.:57:09.

all the horses that were up front dropped away and the horses from

:57:09.:57:14.

the back came forwards. That might have something to do with the

:57:14.:57:18.

ground. But obviously they went fast enough for him today to give

:57:18.:57:21.

him a leave. They got to the furlong-and-a-half. I think

:57:21.:57:25.

possibly running on the rail is a slight help, as was the length, and

:57:25.:57:30.

maybe the ground might have drained a little better there. In years

:57:30.:57:34.

gone by you could always come up the stands rails for the faster

:57:34.:57:44.
:57:44.:57:52.

ground. That was before the new slipstream of another horse, and in

:57:52.:57:57.

company with other horses. Restiadargent and Van Ellis, they

:57:57.:58:01.

fade and through comes Society Rock, comes to challenge but maybe can't

:58:01.:58:09.

finish it off on this ground, and Maarek has flown. Three or four

:58:09.:58:13.

lengths clear there. Hawkeyethenoo finishes well. The Scottish horse,

:58:13.:58:17.

Hawkeyethenoo. He ran a blind tore finish second. And Cirrus Des

:58:17.:58:23.

Aigles. I said most of the crowd have arrived but Her Majesty the

:58:23.:58:29.

Queen making her arrival. She will be presenting the trophy for the

:58:29.:58:39.
:58:39.:58:40.

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes... Unless she wins it herself! APPLAUSE

:58:40.:58:47.

And Maarek still very much on his toes. The sprinter all get a little

:58:47.:58:53.

bit geed up. His heart rate will be very high. This is the time when

:58:53.:58:57.

horses can be a little dangerous and do things unexpectedly. Can I

:58:57.:59:02.

ask you a question? As an extremely experienced jockey, watching what

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you've seen for the first two races, if you were Tom Queally or any of

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the jockeys in the later races, what are you thinking? Well,

:59:11.:59:16.

obviously the first thing is it is very testing. The ground is very

:59:16.:59:21.

tiring, so the thing is it is no good getting the race won at the

:59:21.:59:26.

furlong pole. So delay your challenge? I'm saying reserve your

:59:26.:59:30.

horse, keep saving, keep saving, keep saving, because you have to

:59:30.:59:34.

get to the winning post. The winning post is where the money is,

:59:34.:59:40.

not at the furlong pole. You have to save, save, and save, especially

:59:40.:59:47.

this these conditions.. As a jockey do you make yourself count to ten?

:59:47.:59:53.

Do you say, "I want to go now but I'll wait?" It is one of the

:59:53.:59:58.

hardest things I had to do. I used to say to myself, "Must wait, must

:59:58.:00:03.

wait" but a little fella inside your head makes your arms start

:00:03.:00:08.

bumping before you should. Your brain is saying no, but a little

:00:08.:00:14.

fella is saying "go for it, because you can get there" but sometimes

:00:14.:00:18.

you can go to too soon. These conditions are saying keep saving,

:00:18.:00:21.

because you have to get to the winning post. On the other hand, if

:00:21.:00:25.

you get yourself in a situation where you get well clear when the

:00:25.:00:30.

ground is soft like this, they are not going to catch you. You can

:00:30.:00:40.
:00:40.:01:01.

give weight away but you can't give course is a lot better, a lot

:01:01.:01:07.

quicker, if you like, if that's the correct term, than the round course,

:01:07.:01:13.

it's still pretty slow, as you can see. Nearly five seconds outside

:01:13.:01:22.

the record. Jamie Spencer racing here last year. Successful on Fame

:01:22.:01:28.

And Glory. Second year at this meeting and he's won the sprint on

:01:28.:01:38.
:01:38.:02:03.

Maarek, a really good consistent talking about Rite Of Passage and

:02:03.:02:06.

what a tough and courageous performance that was for a horse

:02:06.:02:13.

out for such a long time. This horse has been busy this year?

:02:13.:02:23.
:02:23.:02:25.

he's been very consistent all season and, you know, he's worked

:02:25.:02:31.

everything out perfectly. Do you think it mattered about the

:02:31.:02:36.

course? We wouldn't have gone there if Neil hadn't gone there. He's a

:02:36.:02:41.

good horse. He handles softer conditions well. The Cheka was

:02:41.:02:49.

always going to give me a good lead. At the Curragh he pulled up with

:02:49.:02:55.

100 yards out. A bit further, he would have won more comprehensively.

:02:55.:02:59.

The winning trainer, David. What convinced you after getting beaten

:02:59.:03:03.

last week that you were going to come to Champions Day today?

:03:03.:03:07.

Curragh didn't really work out right. We were beaten by a very

:03:07.:03:13.

good filly. Ours just lost her way. Soft ground, he loves soft ground.

:03:13.:03:17.

Why not? He's in good form all season. Absolutely. How easy has it

:03:17.:03:25.

been to keep him in such good form after such a tough campaign? Well,

:03:26.:03:34.

he does a lot of swimming. Miles are on the clock, kept him fresh

:03:34.:03:39.

all year. Feelings on the winning the Qipco? Let you know when it

:03:39.:03:49.
:03:49.:03:55.

sinks in! Let us have a look at the start of this sprint race which has

:03:55.:04:05.
:04:05.:04:05.

is here now. Cirrus Des Aigles just had a very anxious moment. He got

:04:05.:04:10.

out on reasonable terms for him and he said he ran a very good race and

:04:10.:04:15.

just got left on his own a bit. Jamie Spencer strong on his own.

:04:16.:04:19.

The one with the white cap was the eventual winner, three from the

:04:20.:04:28.

right. He's held up in the last of the four at the race stand side.

:04:28.:04:31.

Cirrus Des Aigles and Haukeyethenoo held up here. Those that have been

:04:32.:04:36.

out in front in this contest have used up a lot of energy. It's been

:04:36.:04:42.

difficult for them. The closing stages here. There is the winner,

:04:42.:04:49.

Cirrus Des Aigles coming through and Lindsey Ann Hawker there. --

:04:50.:04:53.

Haukeyethenoo there. I had a word with Graham Lee, he was delighted

:04:53.:04:58.

and very proud of his horse. He tried to follow Keiron's horse

:04:58.:05:08.
:05:08.:05:09.

through. Society Rock has a great record here. Five out, she was left

:05:09.:05:15.

with loads of space. Very different to Longchamp. Under the stand side

:05:15.:05:19.

rail where the winner comes from and again, the ground is a massive

:05:19.:05:24.

factor here today. Some of these will be running next year. Some of

:05:24.:05:28.

them, you can rule out their performance today because they

:05:28.:05:32.

absolutely hated these conditions. Going back to the stables now,

:05:32.:05:37.

there's our winner, Maarek, and we have had two Irish-trained winners

:05:37.:05:41.

so far on British Champions Day. Could be the first four.? Exactly.

:05:41.:05:51.
:05:51.:05:52.

Coming up, we like Sapphire, Was and Aidan O'Brien. The Irish are

:05:52.:05:55.

going to have a very good day here. At the moment they've won two.

:05:55.:06:00.

have had a few horses not cope with the conditions. Are you surprised?

:06:00.:06:05.

The sprint there, the form and sprint there, I thought it was very

:06:05.:06:09.

competitive and there was at least eight horses that could have won.

:06:09.:06:14.

That's exactly how it's turned out. The ground is definitely making a

:06:14.:06:22.

difference. Huge success there, the trophy

:06:22.:06:32.
:06:32.:06:35.

presentation there. In the early hours of this morning, there was a

:06:35.:06:40.

win in Australia for this team. Thanks to him, we have this great

:06:40.:06:45.

Champions Day because he's the sponsor of Qipco. He's clapping the

:06:45.:06:50.

winners and it's thanks to him that we've got this fantastic day here.

:06:50.:06:53.

Talking of Champions Day, the man we know will be champion jockey

:06:53.:06:56.

because he's so far in front he can't be caught in Richard Hughes

:06:56.:07:06.
:07:06.:07:07.

and let's celebrate with him now. Monday afternoon at Windsor, seven

:07:07.:07:11.

winners from eight rides. Did you think two or three maybe?

:07:11.:07:16.

Definitely thought two or three. A good race. You never believe you

:07:16.:07:23.

will do anything like that. It's a lucky track for you? Two-year-old

:07:23.:07:31.

there is ever ry Monday. We seem to win the first race on Monday nights.

:07:31.:07:35.

One of them, Ryan very kindly gave up his ride in the very last race,

:07:35.:07:40.

is that right? Yes, probably after the fifth race so when I got beat

:07:40.:07:44.

on the sixth race, I still knew I had three favourites left. It was a

:07:44.:07:49.

fantastic afternoon. We are at the track where your little Italian

:07:49.:07:53.

mate managed to do it as well. You managed to do it at Windsor. You

:07:53.:08:03.
:08:03.:08:10.

did a flying dismount. We'll have a look at number eight. The big white

:08:10.:08:15.

face there did well. Did you take a bit of encouragement to do the

:08:15.:08:21.

flying dismount? I was asked to do it. I'm not made to do them with my

:08:21.:08:30.

legs, but I was happy to be in one piece after that. Were you always

:08:30.:08:36.

going to? No, they kept going on about it. It's a long way down,

:08:36.:08:41.

even for a tall guy like you. Not bad. Pretty pathetic. Frankie call

:08:41.:08:45.

youd from Canada, didn't he? Yes, he said he was proud of me. That

:08:45.:08:50.

was lovely that he called. Fabulous thing to do. Ground today, you have

:08:50.:08:56.

just ridden in Libranno in the race. How is the ground going to be for

:08:56.:09:00.

the next one? She won on soft ground, the ground is soft, but it

:09:00.:09:04.

should be in the middle of October, so no complaints there. The horse

:09:04.:09:08.

that everybody's watching this afternoon is Frankel. You were the

:09:08.:09:13.

only person to ride his mother, a filly called Kind and you did win

:09:13.:09:18.

on very heavy ground on her one day, didn't you? I went up to Hamilton

:09:18.:09:21.

one Sunday and there was water lying in the dip on the racecourse

:09:21.:09:27.

and we didn't know whether the race was going to go ahead. It was her

:09:27.:09:31.

most impressive performance. Frankel is anything like his mum,

:09:31.:09:35.

you don't think he'll have any problem with these conditions?

:09:35.:09:45.
:09:45.:09:46.

have to build a brick wall. You are a long way clear fortune jockey?

:09:46.:09:49.

How many years have you been waiting to be champion jockey?

:09:49.:09:55.

when I was 15, to be honest, so a long time. Congratulations and very

:09:55.:10:00.

well done on Monday afternoon. Thank you. Thrilled for Richard

:10:00.:10:05.

Hughes. An extraordinary 12 months it's been. This time last year, he

:10:05.:10:09.

handed his licence in because he was cross with the bans he got over

:10:09.:10:19.
:10:19.:10:27.

fact he started with a ban on something that happened in India.

:10:27.:10:31.

He missed the whole of MASH and lots of April. He wasn't allowed to

:10:31.:10:36.

ride because of something he did in India which was controversial

:10:36.:10:43.

because something with the rule that you mustn't do which it is

:10:43.:10:46.

different to the rules here. were champion jockey five times.

:10:46.:10:50.

Yes. Stkpw how important is it, how pleased are you for Richard Hughes

:10:50.:10:54.

to be able to say, I'm champion jockey, and for you, was that the

:10:54.:10:58.

thing that you are proudest of in your career? Yes, because it's day

:10:58.:11:05.

in day out. You're superior to the jockeys in the weighing room

:11:05.:11:08.

because you proved yourself to be a hard worker. That's what it's all

:11:08.:11:15.

about. Day in day out, consistently doing the job and getting it done.

:11:15.:11:25.
:11:25.:11:27.

It's a mighty thing to be a chaun jockey in this country. -- a

:11:27.:11:31.

champion jockey. They are up early in the morning

:11:31.:11:38.

and travelling as well, 400 miles a day. It's expensive with the petrol

:11:38.:11:42.

now. Yes, jockeys can be out-of- pocket. You have to be riding two

:11:42.:11:46.

and three horses every day to make it pay, so it's very difficult for

:11:46.:11:51.

jockey who is're only getting one ride and then, of course, you don't

:11:51.:11:56.

get many winners, so you are not getting much percentage coming in.

:11:56.:12:04.

It's a tough life! Hughesy should be proud of himself! Yes. This man,

:12:04.:12:10.

swg spent all those years driving all around the country to win the

:12:10.:12:15.

competitions, you turn your hands to television. Keep going. What a

:12:15.:12:19.

joy it's been to work alongside him. We have had 14 years together, you

:12:19.:12:22.

have done 15 and 16 years together and we'll just take this

:12:22.:12:27.

opportunity to remind you of what makes Willie Carson so special.

:12:27.:12:37.
:12:37.:12:46.

I hope you are ready at home. You are the Kingers of the trainers.

:12:46.:12:53.

You are the prince. No, no. Red mark here. That's when she hit me.

:12:53.:13:00.

I did not hit you. You compared me to a big strong colt. You are a big

:13:00.:13:10.
:13:10.:13:22.

like that "Yes"! To me. How lovely. Willie never misses an opportunity!

:13:23.:13:29.

Who was he kissing? I fell into that one. I could smack Willie

:13:29.:13:39.
:13:39.:14:03.

"Everyone needs a Willie". you're mine. Shall we go outside.

:14:03.:14:13.
:14:13.:14:17.

I'm your little Willie. Let's go out quickly, quickly, quickly.

:14:17.:14:21.

that... It's going to be very hard to beat

:14:21.:14:27.

that, to be honest. I was asked who was the funniest man I ever met the

:14:27.:14:34.

other day and I said you. You are funny in lots of ways. Completely

:14:34.:14:39.

unpredictable, a joy to work with, always laughing and making sure

:14:39.:14:43.

it's entertainment. That's what the people want, they like it. Actually,

:14:43.:14:50.

I believe, when people talk to me, they like me taking the mick out of

:14:50.:14:56.

you! Brilliant. I'm so pleased. It's not easy, either, I can ashur

:14:56.:15:00.

you. The reason people have come here today so not so much to say

:15:00.:15:06.

goodbye to you, it's because of this horse. You have the chance to

:15:06.:15:11.

put your face into the gap there to pretend you are riding Frankel. You

:15:11.:15:21.
:15:21.:15:30.

due off. A field of just six. Frankel is the odds-on favourite.

:15:30.:15:36.

And there is the man. I was asking you early what you would think if

:15:36.:15:42.

you had been watching the first two races, from your experience, Willie,

:15:42.:15:47.

Tom has done a brilliant job on Frankel. If you could have a

:15:47.:15:53.

whisper in his ear, what would you say right now? I would say, be cool.

:15:53.:15:58.

Don't let the occasion get to you. Just go out there and do the same

:15:58.:16:02.

thing, be as cool as you've always done. It's just another race.

:16:02.:16:07.

That's how he's got to take it. He looks lovely and cool. Give us a

:16:07.:16:14.

wave. Well done. Thank you. Just keep cool and don't worry. You're

:16:14.:16:18.

sitting on a phenomenon and you are just going to let him go through

:16:18.:16:21.

the motions and everybody's going to be happy at the end of it. It

:16:21.:16:28.

won't be his fault if the horse gets beaten. Will it be the ground.

:16:28.:16:36.

That's the only worry. What's he woishing about? Nothing. -- what's

:16:36.:16:42.

he worrying about? Nothing. The Tom has to prepare for life

:16:42.:16:48.

after Frankel. There'll be another horse like that. We think he's the

:16:48.:16:54.

best we've ever seen. I compared everything with my horses, because

:16:54.:16:59.

they were the best horses I ever rode. And of course you get such a

:16:59.:17:04.

thrill out of riding those horses. Everybody out in the streets talk

:17:04.:17:10.

about. Still people come up to me and talk about those horses, with

:17:10.:17:14.

affection. What Tom Queally is going to get in the next 30 years

:17:14.:17:19.

is affection from the public coming up to him and saying, "What was it

:17:19.:17:24.

really like to ride a horse like that." He can replay it to them.

:17:24.:17:27.

He's the Moon getting all the pleasure out of Frankel, because

:17:27.:17:33.

he's the man that is in the driving seat. He's the man that's getting

:17:33.:17:38.

the biggest pleasure of any jockey that there's ever been. He is the

:17:38.:17:43.

man that's rode the fastest, the pravest, the strongest horse -- the

:17:43.:17:48.

bravest, the strongest horse that, in my opinion, there's ever been.

:17:48.:17:53.

He is the best. It is unbelievable and we are in for a big treat this

:17:53.:17:58.

afternoon. To just see this horse gallon ground that possibly he

:17:58.:18:02.

doesn't like, and -- gallop on ground that possibly he doesn't

:18:02.:18:05.

like and still win. Cirrus Des Aigles is regarded as the best

:18:05.:18:09.

horse in the whole wide world without Frankel. He's got a big

:18:09.:18:15.

test on his hands. Let's hope that Tom Queally keeps cool and gets the

:18:15.:18:21.

job done. If that hasn't got you excited about the Champion Stakes

:18:21.:18:25.

later, nothing well. Coming up next is the QIPCO British Champions

:18:25.:18:35.
:18:35.:18:35.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 61 seconds

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Two wins to Ireland. They've got British Champions Fillies' And

:19:42.:19:44.

Mares' Stakes is from Ireland, Sapphire.

:19:44.:19:54.
:19:54.:20:07.

Dermot Weld looking for a quick Your favourite is Sapphire, 9-4.

:20:07.:20:14.

This is Sapphire cantering down to the start. Pat Smullen and Dermot

:20:14.:20:19.

Weld have already won the first, with Rite of Passage. You would

:20:19.:20:24.

think that Sapphire would have a decent chance of winning this QIPCO

:20:24.:20:27.

British Champions Fillies' And Mares' Stakes. You like her don't

:20:27.:20:34.

you? Yes. She's not a strong filly. You would nearly call her on the

:20:34.:20:39.

weak side looking at her there. She's not a heavy animal. She love

:20:39.:20:47.

this is ground. On the last three occasions she's been in it, she's

:20:47.:20:57.
:20:57.:20:58.

been beat... In the Pretty Polly race. He pipped her up high at the

:20:58.:21:03.

Curragh and beat her. She is obviously the one to baects because

:21:03.:21:12.

she handles the ground. -- she is obviously the one to beat.

:21:12.:21:16.

Let's talk to Tom Queally. Tom, what is it like to have the best

:21:16.:21:23.

seat in the house? I wouldn't swap it for any other seat. For you as a

:21:23.:21:27.

jockey this must be dream stuff really. A dream come true. It is

:21:27.:21:31.

amazing to be part of it all. A tremendous privilege to be the man

:21:31.:21:36.

on his back. Everyone is here to see him and who they like it or not

:21:36.:21:42.

they are going to have to look at me too. I think you have grown into

:21:42.:21:48.

the role as his jockey. I know him so well. You know yourself, you get

:21:48.:21:56.

to know their traits, theirins and outs, their strengths and

:21:56.:22:01.

weaknesses -- their ins and outs, their strengths and weaknesses.

:22:01.:22:06.

What about the ground? I saw you walking it? I've had a look at it.

:22:06.:22:10.

We would prefer it to be quicker but it is what it is. I don't think

:22:10.:22:17.

it will be a major concern. We'll see what happens. The best of luck.

:22:17.:22:22.

Thank you Mick. Tom Queally looking forward to the challenge ahead.

:22:22.:22:31.

This filly, Great Heavens. Really stepped up to the mark. Nathaniel

:22:31.:22:35.

was meant to run in the Arc. He had a problem, was running a

:22:35.:22:39.

temperature, so they pulled him out of the Arc. They supplemented this

:22:39.:22:43.

filly. That's quite a big thing to ask a three-year-old filly to do.

:22:44.:22:48.

She ran brilliantly. For a stride or two looked like she might be in

:22:48.:22:54.

the first three. That was a very tough race for a filly in the Arc

:22:54.:22:59.

de Triomphe. Although three-year- old fillys have sometimes won the

:22:59.:23:04.

Arc. You wouldn't have thought it was the right thing to be doing. It

:23:04.:23:10.

is not very long since the Arc. days. Yes, so travelling to France

:23:10.:23:15.

and running on soft ground there, coming here on soft ground. It's a

:23:15.:23:21.

big ask but she's a very good filly. And here is another very good filly.

:23:21.:23:27.

Dancing Rain. Hasn't run for a whole. She had chips removed. Won

:23:28.:23:32.

the Oaks last year. Top class. Very consistent until they found these

:23:32.:23:37.

problems at the end of the season. Two chips were taken out, which

:23:37.:23:41.

were causing the muscle spasms she was having. It has taken a long

:23:41.:23:45.

time to get her back on the track. I would have assumed Johnny Murtagh

:23:45.:23:51.

would have had the choice of Dancing Rain or Vow. He's chosen

:23:52.:23:56.

the older filly, probably because she's proven... They would have to

:23:56.:24:01.

think this is the better filly. she likes soft ground. She hasn't

:24:02.:24:05.

run for a year. William Haggas is trying to bring this filly back

:24:06.:24:13.

from injury, without a prep race, to win this group 2. Can he do a

:24:13.:24:18.

Dermot Weld, who has come back from two years off with an injury? It

:24:18.:24:24.

would be nice if he could do the same as Dermot Weld. This is last

:24:24.:24:31.

year's Oaks winner, Was. A very nice filly, Galileo again.

:24:31.:24:36.

Everybody was thinking she was lucky in the Epsom Oaks. Maybe she

:24:36.:24:43.

was. She's been beaten by horse who is have run in the Oaks since.

:24:43.:24:47.

Shirocco Star ran second at Longchamp last. She is the toughest

:24:47.:24:51.

filly in this race. She's had lots of racing. I would really love her

:24:51.:24:59.

to win a big one. Just because she is so consistent. Was on inside.

:24:59.:25:09.
:25:09.:25:10.

Wow wow on the inside, finishing -- Vow on the inside, finishing fourth.

:25:11.:25:19.

Johnny is going to be the last one in, on Dancing Rain. Going forward.

:25:19.:25:24.

Johnny won on this filly last year. Can they do it again they are

:25:24.:25:26.

racing in this QIPCO British Champions Fillies' And Mares'

:25:26.:25:31.

Stakes. The first to begin in the centre was headed by Dancing Rain

:25:31.:25:37.

on the outside. Just in behind them Great Heavens and followed by La

:25:37.:25:41.

Pomm D'Amour. There's very bright pink sleeves and cap, on the inside.

:25:41.:25:45.

They race downhill all the time. Two or three lengths is Sapphire,

:25:45.:25:51.

on the outside of Shirocco Star. Semeyyel is further back. Vow third

:25:51.:25:59.

from Testosterone. Last is Johannes. All the time running down -- last

:25:59.:26:04.

is Jehannedarc. They are getting away from that inside rail. Dancing

:26:04.:26:10.

Rain is the leader. Two to three horses off the rail. Was in second.

:26:10.:26:17.

Tucked behind them is La Pomm D'Amour. A length away is Sapphire,

:26:17.:26:25.

followed by Semeyyel, followed further back by Vow and Jehannedarc.

:26:25.:26:30.

Racing out of Swinley Bottom. Dancing Rain, last year's winner

:26:30.:26:34.

for Johnny Murtagh shows the way from the Oaks winner Was. A length

:26:34.:26:37.

away La Pomm D'Amour, on the inside of Great Heavens. A length-and-a-

:26:37.:26:42.

half Shirocco Star and Sapphire in the red cap. Looming large on the

:26:42.:26:49.

outside for Pat Smullen. Two or three away is Vow, followed by

:26:49.:26:55.

Testosterone and Jehanbux. All the time -- Testosterone and

:26:55.:26:58.

Jehannedarc. The leader is Dancing Rain by a half length to was was.

:26:58.:27:08.
:27:08.:27:08.

Shirocco Star getting closer behind them. Great Heavens. On the outside

:27:08.:27:16.

is La Pomm D'Amour followed by Sapphire. It is Dancing Rain still

:27:16.:27:22.

the one to catch. Now a length-and- a-half, Was on the outside. Shen

:27:22.:27:26.

Shirocco Star. Great Heavens on the outside. La Pomm D'Amour behind

:27:26.:27:30.

them. Sapphire held up by a run. Followed by Semeyyel. Two furlongs

:27:30.:27:35.

left to go. Dancing Rain on the far side trying to hold on, being

:27:35.:27:38.

grabbed by Shirocco Star, who gets her nose in fronts. Now Sapphire is

:27:38.:27:44.

out of the pack and starting to run home strongly. Then clear then of

:27:44.:27:50.

Was and Great Heavens. Sapphire on the outside puts her neck in front.

:27:50.:27:57.

Shirocco Star is has Sapphire is starting to draw away. A double for

:27:57.:28:00.

Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen. Sapphire wins from Shirocco Star

:28:00.:28:06.

and Dancing Rain. Behind them Great Heavens, followed then by Semeyyel.

:28:06.:28:15.

Further back in the field is Testosterone, Jehannedarc, Was, Vow

:28:15.:28:21.

and la lamb. Three out of three for Ireland on British Champions Day.

:28:21.:28:26.

The visitors. They are really making a mark. Sapphire, what a

:28:26.:28:30.

talented filly. She's won it easily from Shirocco Star. Second in the

:28:30.:28:35.

Oaks. Second in the Irish Oaks and now second in the QIPCO British

:28:35.:28:38.

Champions Fillies' And Mares' Stakes. Dancing Rain, so brave

:28:38.:28:44.

today. Tried to leave lead all the way. On the nearside Testosterone

:28:44.:28:52.

has come from last. Semeyyel on the far side. Was didn't run on at all.

:28:52.:28:59.

Jehanbux in the black and red colours. Vow is further back. Got

:28:59.:29:06.

very tired. These conditions really testing. Sapphire has been very

:29:06.:29:13.

highly thought of. She completes a double for Dermot Weld and Pat

:29:13.:29:16.

Smullen, who was successful with Rite of Passage. The one, two,

:29:16.:29:24.

three and four: first Sapphire. Second, Shirocco Star. Third,

:29:24.:29:31.

Dancing Rain, and fourth Great Heavens, ridden by William Buick.

:29:31.:29:34.

I'm fairly sure that's Dermot Weld's further winner from five run

:29:34.:29:39.

ers in Great Britain this year. He really is the master of the

:29:39.:29:44.

selected target. Selected target? He's the master. Selected targets

:29:44.:29:49.

around the world. Exactly. He's conquered America, Australia,

:29:49.:29:55.

England, France. Where else? He's been mosts. He is pretty wise isn't

:29:55.:30:02.

he? He's a very good trainer. He's a trained vet you know. He started

:30:02.:30:12.
:30:12.:30:27.

off a vet. He's been very Smullen's fitted into the job well.

:30:27.:30:32.

Well done, Pat. You've had a very, very good day so far. I don't think

:30:32.:30:38.

you have got anything left, no, you haven't. That's it. Finished. Had a

:30:38.:30:42.

very good day. Talk us through the race. Dancing Rain liked to make

:30:42.:30:47.

the running? She did it. Johnny was trying to wait in front and Keiron

:30:48.:30:54.

was waiting with Shirocco Star? Ryan Moore wasn't letting Smullen

:30:54.:31:00.

to go slower. There's Shirocco Star. I feel so sorry for this top

:31:00.:31:06.

genuine filly. She runs so many brave races. She's run at top

:31:06.:31:13.

league all the time, Group Is, Group 2 and she keeps finding one.

:31:13.:31:17.

Sapphire who has been running on soft ground the last four times,

:31:17.:31:24.

this filly just loves sound ground and she's used to it. Shirocco Star

:31:24.:31:30.

has been running on firm ground, soft ground and good ground and

:31:30.:31:35.

still runs genuine every time. There you have this improving filly

:31:35.:31:42.

and she just got beat at the Curragh by John Gosden's filly.

:31:42.:31:46.

The crowd are being give fn a chance to see all the winners. --

:31:46.:31:49.

given a chance. It feels more like a jumps day because of the weather

:31:49.:31:56.

as well? Yes, no cold wind whistling. The soft ground and also

:31:56.:31:59.

the race goers that have come appreciating the horses and the

:31:59.:32:03.

efforts they've made? They've come to see one horse basically, but

:32:03.:32:08.

they are seeing a lot of other champion s as well. Here is one

:32:08.:32:16.

coming into the winning enclosure now with Pat Smullen getting in

:32:16.:32:26.
:32:26.:32:27.

here and giving Aidan O'Brien a bit of something. Here we are. The

:32:27.:32:33.

trumpet parade or what do you want to call it The fan far. This's the

:32:33.:32:43.
:32:43.:32:48.

word! The fan tear coming and playing for the Qipco champion

:32:48.:32:58.
:32:58.:33:02.

fillies and mares stakes. -- fanfare.

:33:02.:33:08.

A really big crowd here, 32,000 sell out for Ascot today.

:33:08.:33:13.

Distances, two and a quarter length, two and three quarter lengths and

:33:13.:33:19.

the time 237.32 is actually about 10.5 seconds outside the record.

:33:19.:33:24.

You could see Johnny Murtagh trying to get away from the inside rail as

:33:24.:33:29.

they ran down to Swinley Bottom, the softest part of the course. Not

:33:29.:33:39.

surprising to see that tactic. They are getting through it slowly. It's

:33:39.:33:44.

supposed to be British Champions day. We have had three Irish

:33:44.:33:52.

champions sofar. This filly's a real gem. She's got real class and

:33:52.:34:02.
:34:02.:34:03.

talent. And she's won it extremely well. Here she is. Pat Smullen

:34:03.:34:06.

again. Really big day for him. Big prize money here this afternoon.

:34:06.:34:12.

Let's check the full result on race three, the Qipco British Champions

:34:12.:34:22.
:34:22.:34:30.

three races, three winners. Dermot Weld is having a fantastic day. I

:34:30.:34:35.

spoke to him last week about what runners he might have and he

:34:35.:34:39.

mentioned that Sapphire would be his intended runner for this race.

:34:39.:34:44.

I thought Princess handicap highway would be but she ran in Canada.

:34:44.:34:48.

Dermot, congratulations, I talked about the candidates for this race.

:34:48.:34:53.

Princess highway went to Canada. So when did you make the plan for

:34:53.:34:58.

Sapphire to run here? It was either going to be wp Princess handicap

:34:58.:35:01.

Highway or this filly and with the weather forecast, it looked like

:35:01.:35:05.

being dry ground in Canada and a good cut in the ground here and

:35:05.:35:10.

this filly appreciates a nice ease in the ground. Hence we decided on

:35:10.:35:16.

here. She ran a fantastic race last time out. Over a mile and a half, a

:35:16.:35:21.

remarkable record? Unbeaten I think on a mile and a half. We considered

:35:21.:35:30.

running her in the Irish Z ledger and wasn't happy with her up to the

:35:30.:35:40.
:35:40.:35:44.

race -- the rish St Leger. Today? Ascot's always been lucky for me.

:35:44.:35:50.

We have been fortunate to have 17 Group races here. A word with your

:35:50.:35:54.

jockey. Pat, it seemed to go well for you, a good gallop upfront and

:35:54.:36:00.

she loves the trip? Very confident of a big run from this filly but

:36:00.:36:03.

it's always nice to ride a winner because you can be extra confident

:36:03.:36:08.

on one. I sat there, went a good pace and had to get her to settle

:36:08.:36:13.

but she travelled extremely well and I was happy for Keiron to kick

:36:13.:36:17.

first and do him late. She's she's a very good filly on this ground

:36:17.:36:23.

and the temptation was to run her in the Irish Leger but she wasn't

:36:23.:36:26.

quite herself and again the trainer showed great patience and produced

:36:27.:36:32.

her in tip-top shape. Is the ground getting any worse? It's going to

:36:32.:36:35.

get worse no, question, but maybe later in the day they might go

:36:35.:36:39.

further off the inside rail to avoid what's been chewed up there.

:36:39.:36:42.

No getting way from the fact that it's testing ground. That's why

:36:42.:36:46.

this filly comes into her own. She's won three time this is year

:36:46.:36:50.

on deep ground, so that'll tell you. What a great day it's been. Well

:36:50.:36:56.

done. A special day. Well done. I hope it will be a special day for

:36:56.:37:01.

Henry Cecil. Very pleased to see him here at the races. There was a

:37:01.:37:07.

big dinner at Windsor Castle last night for people involved in Qipco.

:37:07.:37:13.

His wife was there. But Henry going through chemo as he has to do

:37:13.:37:19.

generally and, by his own admission, not feeling 100%, but here because

:37:19.:37:23.

Frankel, his star horse, is making what may or may not be his final

:37:23.:37:27.

appearance on a racecourse. That is an interesting question as well.

:37:27.:37:33.

Will they decide and could Khalid Abdullah announce today that

:37:33.:37:37.

Frankel will stay in training as a five-year-old? That would be

:37:37.:37:40.

seasonisational. There is a strong argument that they don't reach

:37:40.:37:46.

their peak until they are five. very true. It's the norm to send

:37:46.:37:55.

champions like Frankel off to stud because they can earn so much more

:37:55.:37:59.

money than they can racing. But there is a big but here. Henry

:37:59.:38:07.

Cescle, as we could see there, -- Cecil, as we could see there, if he

:38:07.:38:13.

says to Prince Khalid, I would love to train this horse next year,

:38:13.:38:18.

he'll go. Whatever he says goes? Yes. Wouldn't you if you were Henry

:38:18.:38:22.

say that? They are both getting hold, prince Khalid and Henry. They

:38:22.:38:26.

are never going to have a horse like this ever again, so why not

:38:26.:38:31.

enjoy him on the racecourse. That's what we all do. Then there's Prince

:38:31.:38:34.

Khalid who's said, he's not my horse any more, he's the public's

:38:34.:38:39.

horse, so maybe that'll just influence a little bit to keep him

:38:39.:38:44.

in training. But we know that the horse could go off to stud and make

:38:44.:38:48.

fortunes, but Prince Khalid, I believe he's a billionaire, does he

:38:48.:38:53.

need the money? Would he rather have the pleasure of seeing his

:38:53.:38:56.

horse run? I would think there is a big chance he might stay in

:38:56.:39:00.

training. When your horse is a gelding, rather than a colt, there

:39:00.:39:04.

is no decision to make because you can't send them to stud. One of the

:39:04.:39:12.

horses that has the ability to win this last year is a gelding that's

:39:12.:39:17.

not allowed to run in the Arc de Triomphe. It's one of the

:39:17.:39:22.

peculiaritys of that. And a gelding can't run in the gold Cup as well

:39:23.:39:29.

unless they've changed that. That can't be right - I don't think

:39:29.:39:34.

that's true. Well... I don't think that's true because Rite Of Passage

:39:34.:39:41.

is a gelding and he won it a few years ago. Geldings can't run in

:39:41.:39:51.
:39:51.:39:52.

the Ark for definite. Olivier Peslier there closes down a

:39:52.:40:02.

Japanese horse. Peslier won the Ark for the fourth time. Look at him

:40:02.:40:09.

celebrating in this extraordinary race.

:40:09.:40:14.

The horse in front there, Japanese horse, he started to stop. He'd

:40:14.:40:19.

been at the front too long. The post script to that was that

:40:19.:40:24.

Peslier won the race and of course, you've got the other one put his

:40:24.:40:32.

hand out to say well done, but as he put his hand out, his horse took

:40:32.:40:42.
:40:42.:40:45.

off. There was still petrol in the tank! That horse seems

:40:45.:40:51.

straightforward and he's the absolute pride of his trainers' eye.

:40:51.:40:55.

Mick Fitzgerald went to a beautiful training centre to find out more.

:40:55.:41:05.
:41:05.:41:18.

We are here in picturesque home of this horse.

:41:18.:41:28.
:41:28.:41:36.

relationship with him He's my best friend. What is she like? She is

:41:36.:41:44.

great, takes care of all the horses. He's been there for a long time.

:41:44.:41:52.

home, he's a friend and a cheeky friend. No, no. Here we are

:41:52.:42:00.

preparing him. What is it like for a relatively small stable taking on

:42:00.:42:06.

the might of Sir Henry Cecil, Khalid Abdullah? I said once, it's

:42:06.:42:16.
:42:16.:42:16.

just like having a flying post, he puts his wings out like that, we go

:42:16.:42:24.

to Ascot and Dubai. This horse is not bred to be a superstar like

:42:24.:42:32.

Frankel? Sometimes you need just one horse for it to be the champion,

:42:32.:42:42.
:42:42.:42:48.

Des Aigles? Yes, because now it's raining in England and he loves the

:42:48.:42:54.

ground like that, he knows the track and why not, you know. He's a

:42:54.:43:04.

champion, so then it's like the day of the champion in Ascot. Yes,, he

:43:04.:43:14.

can swim. Can Frankel? I don't know. Maybe on the night he will. If we

:43:14.:43:17.

beat Frankel, I wouldn't be so surprised as I think he's a

:43:17.:43:23.

tremendous horse. The thing is, the only way to know is to run them

:43:23.:43:31.

together. You are not scared? Eye yes, well no, we shouldn't be

:43:31.:43:40.

scared, if you are scared, you don't do.

:43:40.:43:46.

As you can see, on occasions, they are quite gentle giants, but they

:43:46.:43:52.

are very, very big and they can, as he showed there, have a mind of his

:43:52.:43:58.

own. We'll have a look at his most recent race at Longchamp, Ark

:43:58.:44:03.

weekend. He's about to take up the running, they use the long straight

:44:03.:44:07.

there, very bad ground like today and he absolutely pulverises the

:44:07.:44:13.

horses? To be honest, it looks like a piece of work for this horse.

:44:13.:44:16.

Looks like these other horses are mugs and they are not. This horse

:44:16.:44:21.

showed a liking for this surface. Looked in good health and they'll

:44:21.:44:24.

be delighted when they see everything else struggling today.

:44:24.:44:28.

He really can quicken on the sort of ground we've got today, so he is

:44:28.:44:32.

a real problem for Frankel today isn't he? Absolutely. The fact he

:44:33.:44:37.

revels in conditions swings things very much in his favour. Cirrus Des

:44:37.:44:47.

Aigles, the great horse from France, trained by Corin Barbe, there.

:44:47.:44:51.

We'll look back at him playing up at home again the other day. This

:44:51.:44:58.

must be the pocket Corin keeps the polos in, because he wants to get

:44:58.:45:04.

in She was keen to keep it shut, but unfortunately, for Corin, he

:45:04.:45:14.
:45:14.:45:30.

major dangerers. This is two years ago to the start of two equine

:45:30.:45:35.

superstars - Frankel and Nathaniel. It is amazing they turned out to be

:45:35.:45:41.

such good horses. This is their first visit to the racecourse.

:45:41.:45:50.

Languishing at the back is Colour Vision, who ran today. It shows the

:45:50.:45:55.

length and depth.Logical did we though that Frankel would go on to

:45:55.:46:00.

do what he's done, and the same with Nathaniel. And Nathaniel stay

:46:00.:46:06.

as lot further than this mile and a quarter. He won't be scared to take

:46:06.:46:12.

on, if the Frankel team want a slow gallop, his young rider won't be

:46:12.:46:17.

scared to take him on will he? That's for sure. Another

:46:17.:46:21.

interesting thing about looking at that maiden at Newmarket was how

:46:21.:46:27.

soft the ground was that day. It will give you some koft that he

:46:27.:46:32.

will be able to handle the -- give you some comfort that he will be

:46:32.:46:37.

able to handle the soft conditions today. And next is the Queen

:46:37.:46:40.

Elizabeth II Stakes Sponsored by QIPCO. Her Majesty the Queen is

:46:40.:46:47.

making her way to the paddock. She has a runner in the race. Perhaps

:46:47.:46:51.

the Duke of York will have the do the duties of presenting the trophy

:46:51.:46:57.

if this horse, Carlton House, is successful. Teen Queen can't

:46:57.:47:01.

present a trophy to herself. That would be quite funny. Carlton House

:47:01.:47:10.

needs to bounce back. He's got masses of ability and one would

:47:10.:47:14.

hope he runs extremely well. Up next is the Queen Elizabeth II

:47:14.:47:24.
:47:24.:47:24.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 61 seconds

:47:24.:48:45.

mile on a straight course. betting market with Dave Yeates.

:48:45.:48:50.

Excelebration himself is an exceptionally good race hours isn't

:48:50.:48:56.

he. Put it into context how good he is. Excelebration was beaten on his

:48:56.:49:03.

debut in Nottingham in May a couple of years ago. Since then he's

:49:03.:49:08.

unbeaten except when he has raced against Frankel.

:49:08.:49:16.

He was beaten into second place by Frankel in this race 12 months ago,

:49:16.:49:25.

at the Lockinge in May, and when Frankel thumped everyone in the

:49:25.:49:33.

Royal Ascot. If that mating between Galileo and the mare hasn't taken

:49:33.:49:38.

place... It puts into context what a good horse Excelebration is.

:49:38.:49:43.

Ground-wise it is alright for him do you think? It seems it is soft

:49:43.:49:47.

but not particularly extreme. Fingers crossed. It would be very

:49:47.:49:50.

surprising I think if conditions were too soft for Frankel. I think

:49:50.:49:54.

he will be fine this afternoon. if he wins it will be 4-0 to

:49:54.:50:03.

Ireland. Her Majesty the Queen has now been

:50:03.:50:11.

joined by Ryan Moore. John Warren who advises Her Majesty on

:50:11.:50:15.

bloodstock. And Michael stout smiling and laughing away and

:50:15.:50:19.

hopefully convincing everyone that Carlton House would be well suited

:50:20.:50:25.

to the mile here. We know he stays that far. He was third in the Derby

:50:25.:50:30.

as a three-year-old. Now four years old, he's bigger and stronger. This

:50:30.:50:35.

could be his big day. Were he successful today it would be the

:50:35.:50:39.

Queen's first Group 1 winner in this country since her Silver

:50:39.:50:47.

Jubilee year in 1977. This is a hot race. Plenty of competition. Over

:50:47.:50:56.

here we could the Coolmore teamened and here is one of the co-owners of

:50:56.:51:01.

the horse, Excelebration, his record is so connistent and would

:51:01.:51:05.

be even better if he hadn't come up against Frankel. There is no

:51:05.:51:11.

Frankel in the race today. I would expect Aidan O'Brien is excited

:51:11.:51:17.

about this race. Absolutely. He hasn't run in a while but I'm

:51:17.:51:24.

looking forward to it. How excited are you at watching Frankel later?

:51:24.:51:31.

He's the most incredible horse that any of us have seen. We hope it all

:51:31.:51:36.

goes well for him. We wish you well in this race.

:51:36.:51:41.

William Buick here rides Elusive Kate, the only filly in the race.

:51:41.:51:45.

It is an exciting thing for John Gosden to suggest to the owners

:51:45.:51:52.

that they do. All well? Yes, good thanks. I've never seen the place

:51:52.:51:56.

so filled up. It is humming, all in anticipation of this race but

:51:56.:52:00.

particularly the next. People are getting into their position so they

:52:00.:52:05.

can see Frankel when he comes into the paddock for the next race. When

:52:05.:52:09.

the Queen came in, she was applauded. I suspect Frankel will

:52:09.:52:13.

be applauded as soon as he comes into the paddock. The jockeys are

:52:14.:52:19.

making their way to get a leg-up. It feels excited and buzzy. I'm

:52:19.:52:24.

sure the horses are feeling that excitement as well.

:52:24.:52:27.

Willie, you were remarking about the number of people watching.

:52:27.:52:33.

Quite a few of them have shouting for you as well. You can see all

:52:33.:52:39.

the way round the paddock, there's hardly any empty spaces. Right the

:52:39.:52:45.

way round the whole of the paddock, even at the royal meeting we don't

:52:45.:52:51.

get that amount of people. Hiya, you OK? Jamie alright? He's fine,

:52:51.:52:57.

he's happy, Mr Spencer. We were looking at the main contenders for

:52:57.:53:00.

the QE2. Excelebration looks marvellous. A true professional. He

:53:00.:53:04.

is walking around here nice. He looks in very good order. The one

:53:04.:53:12.

animal that looks very hot is the filly. Elusive Kate. Number eight.

:53:12.:53:18.

She is sweating up and the sweat is dripping off your underside. This

:53:18.:53:23.

is quite usual, because fillys grow their coats quicker then the autumn

:53:23.:53:32.

comes. In the colder weather, the winds get colder. A filly will

:53:32.:53:37.

sweat more than a colt. Because her coat doesn't look long, they didn't

:53:37.:53:42.

clip her, but obviously it is thicker than a colt's coat, so she

:53:42.:53:48.

is going to be walking around. As they get excited, she's is going to

:53:48.:53:52.

South West. It is not a big negative but it might be a little

:53:52.:53:56.

one. She is a danger to Excelebration. The other two,

:53:56.:54:00.

Carlton House, and Cityscape. Carlton House, we are finally going

:54:00.:54:07.

to see him without a rug in a second. Your thoughts seeing him

:54:07.:54:14.

now Willie? Meek el has just taken the rug off, thank you. He is just

:54:14.:54:19.

starting to jig-jog slightly, but we've seen him in a worse state

:54:19.:54:26.

than this in the past. He looks possibly cooler... And we were

:54:26.:54:32.

talking about you riding his mum, Talented, in 1993. In Newmarket.

:54:32.:54:39.

The Sun Chariot Stakes. Her mother. And she went to Sheikh Mohammed.

:54:39.:54:44.

Sheikh Mohammed made this horse a present to Her Majesty the Queen.

:54:45.:54:49.

The horse just behind Charlie Tokyo is Cityscape, the chestnut.

:54:49.:54:55.

flashy colour. A lot of white comes from his stallion, Selkirk. He

:54:55.:55:00.

looks in very good owner. He is in the colours of... Frankel. Exactly.

:55:00.:55:03.

So can Frankel's colours have a double? I don't think. So I think

:55:03.:55:08.

the first four races here today are going to go Irish. So you think

:55:08.:55:11.

Excelebration is going to win? think Excelebration is the one they

:55:11.:55:21.
:55:21.:55:22.

all have to beat. I would indeed. He would have won 11 races if...

:55:22.:55:26.

Ten out of 11 races if Frankel hadn't been this the race. He's

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finished second to Frankel five times. It's a tough ask being up

:55:31.:55:35.

against Frankel. But he hasn't got any Frankel in this race. Good luck

:55:35.:55:42.

to Excelebration, without Frankel. Thinks the first of two Group 1

:55:42.:55:50.

race which is will bring to a close our coverage on BBC One. They are

:55:50.:55:54.

parading in front of the Grandstand, which adds to the test. Carlton

:55:54.:55:58.

House leads in the colours of Her Majesty the Queen, with Ryan Moore

:55:58.:56:05.

on board. He is able at 7-1. Sir Michael Stoute has won this

:56:05.:56:14.

race three times. Last time in 1989. Playing up a little is Cityscape.

:56:14.:56:21.

James Doyle sitting tight. Such an exciting new find, James Doyle, in

:56:21.:56:25.

terms of the jockeys' ranks. He won a Group 1 race this Dubai at the

:56:25.:56:35.
:56:35.:56:36.

start of the year. Here is our favourite, 6-1 on, Excelebration.

:56:36.:56:40.

And this is a horse that when Frankel is not around he tend to

:56:40.:56:46.

win. Another one playing up slightly is Indomito. The cameraman

:56:46.:56:52.

had better watch out there. Tom Queally. This is his last ride.

:56:52.:56:59.

There's Side Glance, a 20-1 shot. Has been running consistently

:56:59.:57:07.

without managing to get his head in front of late, but he will do well.

:57:07.:57:12.

Jimmy Fortune on board. In the colours of the Qatari family who

:57:12.:57:22.
:57:22.:57:26.

sponsor this day. Our champion- jockey elect, Richard Hughes.

:57:26.:57:31.

Sovereign Debt, Jamie Spencer riding for Michael bell. A 25-1

:57:31.:57:40.

shot. He likes Ascot actually. He's won his first two starts here. And

:57:40.:57:49.

as we go right back we will find Elusive Kate and William Buick. The

:57:49.:57:55.

filly was a little bit warm in the paddock before-hand but looks

:57:55.:57:59.

relaxed now. They head to the start of the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes

:57:59.:58:02.

Sponsored by QIPCO. It is the climax of the mile series of

:58:02.:58:06.

British Champions Day. And there is the start, way down there. The

:58:06.:58:13.

stalls, Willie, on the rail. Yes. Usually they put the stalls in the

:58:13.:58:17.

middle, but they've elected to put the stalls on the stand side, which

:58:17.:58:21.

I think is the best place for them, especially in a small field where

:58:21.:58:27.

all the horses will have the rail to keep them straight and help

:58:27.:58:33.

jockeys and hopefully it will sort of get a true run race. You got

:58:33.:58:38.

Side Glance there. The only runner on the day for QIPCO, the sponsors.

:58:38.:58:44.

Hopefully that will give them a big run. How is Andrew Balding's horse

:58:44.:58:49.

going to run? He's won the best turned out.

:58:49.:58:54.

Excelebration looking lovely. beautiful horse this. A deep girth.

:58:54.:59:00.

He's such a professional horse. I feel a little bit sorry for him

:59:00.:59:04.

to be second to Frankel all those times. Luckily they are half an

:59:04.:59:11.

hour apart today. In the pre-Parade Ring Mick Fitzgerald is there. A

:59:11.:59:16.

big crowd already awaiting Frankel. It is unbelievable Clare. Normally

:59:16.:59:21.

when you've got a Group 1 about to start, it is deserted, everybody is

:59:21.:59:25.

trying to get a vantage point, but all eyes are focused there, as

:59:25.:59:30.

everybody wants a look at Frankel. I asked people why are they here,

:59:30.:59:37.

is it purely to see Frankel? Hello? Hello. Are you here to see Frankel?

:59:37.:59:42.

Exactly. A good position for a good photograph. Do you want to be able

:59:42.:59:47.

to tell your grand kids, "I saw Frankel?" I suppose so. I'm not

:59:47.:59:52.

looking that far ahead! There's a Group 1 about to start. Are you not

:59:52.:59:56.

bothered about that? Are you worried just about Frankel? Today

:59:56.:00:00.

was really about seeing Frankel. I would loved to have seen Carlton

:00:00.:00:10.
:00:10.:00:21.

House and the rest, it is really People want to stay there and see

:00:21.:00:29.

the runners for the Champion Stakes. All these people around the paddock,

:00:29.:00:34.

there is a fantastic race out front, but they are staying in the paddock

:00:34.:00:41.

so they don't lose their spot to see the great Frankel. Talk me

:00:41.:00:51.
:00:51.:00:55.

through Cityscape. He looks like Selkirk. Yes. Selkirk was a goofy

:00:55.:01:00.

horse and Cityscape does this thing with his tongue as well and swings

:01:00.:01:05.

his head around to see the other horses. So you think he's blind

:01:05.:01:10.

then? No, he's fun. I'm not saying he's blind. The guy sitting on top

:01:10.:01:13.

of this horse, James Doyle, has a lot to thank this horse for,

:01:14.:01:19.

because this is the horse that propelled him into this job riding

:01:19.:01:25.

for Roger Charlton. This will be his favourite horse in life because

:01:25.:01:29.

it's the horse that basically made James. Of course, he has, you know,

:01:29.:01:34.

sort of blossomed ever since he won that big race in Dubai on this

:01:34.:01:41.

horse. Those are the colours of King Abdullah. They've been

:01:41.:01:46.

successful in this race, he's won it with known fact with observatory

:01:46.:01:52.

and Frankel last year? Yes. I won this race... Loads of time, like

:01:52.:01:55.

seven times or something. I think you have got that wrong, Claire.

:01:55.:02:02.

How many times? Eight! And second twice. I apologise, I was wrong.

:02:02.:02:12.
:02:12.:02:25.

This is my last show, I can say the Hughes believes in him, doesn't he?

:02:25.:02:31.

Yes, and his style of riding is not always the best way of riding,

:02:31.:02:39.

given other horses rope, you know. Because on this straight course, it

:02:39.:02:43.

won't be as bad as on the round course. There's Her Majesty the

:02:43.:02:48.

Queen's horse, he is not getting as upset as he normally does, he's a

:02:48.:02:52.

lot cooler today. Possibly he'll run a better race. He's let us down

:02:52.:02:56.

in the past, will he do the same again today? We don't know.

:02:56.:03:03.

hasn't let you down. Well, he has. There's ma'am sitting there. Sorry,

:03:03.:03:07.

one more thing I meant to say about Most Improved. He won the St

:03:07.:03:10.

James's Palace here over the same course and distance in June? Yes,

:03:10.:03:15.

and this is the horse they backed for a lot of money to win the 2000

:03:15.:03:18.

Guineas on his home reputation. Cityscape goes forward.

:03:18.:03:23.

Excelebration, the odds on favourite will be the last one.

:03:23.:03:33.

tingling, Claire, tingling. Control yourself! Carlton House very

:03:33.:03:40.

restless. Off in and running. Elusive Kate. Cityscape.

:03:40.:03:44.

Excelebration. Settling on the near side with the purple cap in behind

:03:44.:03:50.

Elusive Kate as they pass the seven, they are followed by Side Glance

:03:50.:03:55.

and further back, Carlton House has some cover today.

:03:55.:04:00.

Followed by Most Improved. Indomito. Out the back, Sovereign Debt.

:04:00.:04:05.

Elusive Kate the leader by a length and a half to second. Side Glance.

:04:05.:04:10.

Excelebration with the run of the race. Cityscape. Further back, it's

:04:10.:04:16.

Most Improved on the far side as they pass the five. Followed by

:04:16.:04:21.

Carlton House. Red sleeves in the centre, followed by Sovereign Debt

:04:21.:04:27.

and Indomito. The leader is Elusive Kate. Kate Kate a Kate on the near

:04:27.:04:37.
:04:37.:04:39.

side rail from Side Glance and Side Glance -- Cityscape.

:04:39.:04:45.

Indomito. Further back Sovereign Debt. Just over two furlongs to go

:04:45.:04:50.

and it's Elusive Kate on the near side. Cityscape. Carlton House is

:04:50.:04:55.

weaving his way through. Excelebration there now. Very

:04:55.:05:04.

easily on the far side. Cityscape. Excelebration. Now he says go and

:05:04.:05:09.

Excelebration coming away. He's gone, three, four lengths in front.

:05:09.:05:16.

It's his day today. Excelebration! A brilliant winner of the QEII.

:05:16.:05:20.

Second Cityscape, third Elusive Kate. Followed further back by

:05:20.:05:24.

Carlton House and Side Glance. Followed by Sovereign Debt and

:05:24.:05:32.

Indomito and Most Improved is last. Without Frankel, this horse would

:05:32.:05:38.

be enjoying a collection. If connections would also be enjoying

:05:38.:05:45.

a collection of Group Is. He's had to come up against Frankel five

:05:45.:05:48.

times I think it is and he's been beaten by the wonder horse. Look

:05:48.:05:53.

what he does d us to the opposition today. He's beaten Cityscape very

:05:53.:06:00.

easily and then another five or six lengths to Elusive Kate. Followed

:06:00.:06:04.

by Carlton House. Then Sovereign Debt on the near side. Followed by

:06:04.:06:11.

Side Glance in the maroon. A gap then and Indomito. Then a long gap

:06:11.:06:20.

to the one still coming. There is Joseph O'Brien. And the horse he's

:06:20.:06:25.

come up against so many times, here he is, Frankel. Look at the crowd

:06:25.:06:30.

around. Don't forget, we've just seen a Group I race, but these

:06:30.:06:33.

people stayed around the pre-parade ring so they could get a position

:06:33.:06:39.

to see this horse, Frankel. Such is the drawing power of this

:06:39.:06:45.

magnificent horse. He has an unbeaten record, 13 from 13. He

:06:45.:06:51.

puts it on the line in the next hour for Qipco Champion Stakes.

:06:51.:06:54.

Excelebration will be glad he's seen the back of Frankel today. An

:06:54.:07:02.

opportunity to show us what he could do. 142.33. Now, let us have

:07:02.:07:12.
:07:12.:07:37.

back in front of the very big crowd. 32,000 sell out here for Qipco

:07:37.:07:47.
:07:47.:07:49.

champions day. 5.17 seconds outside the record which was held by

:07:49.:07:58.

Invisible Man. There's no Frankel in the race

:07:58.:08:04.

today. Excelebration - what a class horse he is! To beat this class

:08:04.:08:10.

field by this far so easily. He gets beat by the great Frankel 11

:08:10.:08:15.

lengths last time out, so what a horse Frankel is. Look at how easy

:08:15.:08:25.
:08:25.:08:26.

this horse is going. He was patient and not panicking. In this ground,

:08:26.:08:29.

the gaps will come, because horses get tire and will drop back through

:08:29.:08:34.

the field. He only had to shake the reins at him and whoosh. Yes,

:08:34.:08:41.

unbelievable. That is Joseph's fifth group I winner in this

:08:41.:08:48.

country this season. Looking across at the big screen there, in a group

:08:48.:08:52.

I race, it doesn't matter how far you win, but it was looking across

:08:52.:08:56.

there saying, I don't need to use my stick, he was looking across

:08:56.:09:00.

there saying I don't need to use my stick. Ears pricked, jockey well

:09:00.:09:06.

balanced, stick down the side and he's just won a Group I race by a

:09:06.:09:11.

long margin and that horse, I'm sure he was looking at everywhere,

:09:11.:09:15.

looked sideways for those colours of Frankel. But they weren't there

:09:15.:09:18.

today! Again, a huge compliment to Frankel

:09:18.:09:22.

that even though Excelebration was getting beaten roundly by him last

:09:23.:09:31.

year, that he was bought. The buyers thought he was a good horse?

:09:31.:09:35.

Frankel is just from Mars or somewhere. The fanfare's going to

:09:35.:09:39.

go for you, Clare, right at this moment. So you will be able to get

:09:39.:09:43.

ready for doing your usual very nice announcement.

:09:43.:09:51.

Thank you very much. One quick look at Frankel before we concentrate on

:09:51.:09:53.

Excelebration coming in to celebrate.

:09:53.:10:00.

What a lovely head. Yes. Do you think he knows?

:10:00.:10:04.

wonder what that horse is thinking, all these people looking at me, why

:10:04.:10:11.

are they all looking at me? He's not just a racehorse, and that's

:10:11.:10:16.

why they're here. Frankel to come. His race due off

:10:16.:10:20.

at 4.05 but all the build-up coming here on BBC One before we

:10:20.:10:30.
:10:30.:10:37.

concentrate on him though, let's May it please, your Majesty, my

:10:37.:10:39.

Lords, ladies and gentlemen, we have witnessed an exceptional

:10:39.:10:42.

performance to win the Queen Elizabeth II stakes from a horse

:10:42.:10:47.

who really deserved his moment in the limelight, so often he's had to

:10:47.:10:51.

play second fiddle to Frankel. Today, it is about Excelebration,

:10:51.:10:56.

he's led in by his co-owner Derek Smith, ridden by Joseph O'Brien,

:10:56.:11:06.
:11:06.:11:09.

trained by Aidan O'Brien. He is the winner of the QEII, Excelebration.

:11:09.:11:19.
:11:19.:11:20.

And the win there for Excelebration. He now wins the Queen Elizabeth II

:11:20.:11:26.

Stakes here at Ascot. A fine win. A brilliant win. And it's four out of

:11:26.:11:34.

four for Irish stables here on British Champions Day. Four out of

:11:34.:11:42.

four. Aidan O'Brien. Joseph O'Brien in the colours of Derek Smith. This

:11:42.:11:52.
:11:52.:11:54.

horse owned by Derek with the Magners and also another owner.

:11:54.:12:00.

Let's check the full result now of this Group I Queen Elizabeth II

:12:00.:12:10.
:12:10.:12:24.

over and ran in the July Cup. Very disappointing. He didn't run his

:12:24.:12:30.

race there. Bought for a small fortune by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley

:12:30.:12:35.

operation. In a curious twist, those bloodlines are now in the

:12:35.:12:41.

hands of Coolmore through this horse, Excelebration.

:12:41.:12:51.
:12:51.:12:52.

Very interesting between the super powers. And here's Sir Henry. Sir

:12:52.:12:58.

Henry Cecil talking to Tom Queally. Also Ian Mongan, who is going to

:12:58.:13:07.

play a very important role here. You can just see Ian obscured. He

:13:07.:13:11.

rides the pacemaker, Bullet Train, and it's crucial that he plays his

:13:11.:13:19.

part, because it has to be a decent enough pace that he has to get

:13:19.:13:25.

horses behind to actually believe that he's a credible challenger, a

:13:25.:13:29.

credible contestant and not to be ignored.

:13:29.:13:33.

Tom Queally on the right there listening to every word from Sir

:13:33.:13:43.
:13:43.:13:44.

Henry. Tactics even in a six-runner race. In fact, more so in a six-

:13:44.:13:49.

runner race, are absolutely crucial. Meanwhile, there's Excelebration,

:13:49.:13:55.

Joseph O'Brien, the winning jockey. And down in the winners enclosure

:13:56.:13:59.

is Rishi. Many congratulations to the winning

:13:59.:14:03.

trainer, Aidan O'Brien. Just deskraib your thoughts on that

:14:03.:14:06.

performance today from Excelebration -- describe? We are

:14:06.:14:12.

delighted, Rishi. He's been working brilliant. He's an awful lot of

:14:13.:14:17.

speed and class. Joseph was very confident in him today. I guess his

:14:17.:14:22.

work has been very good, you know. He's getting heavier all the time.

:14:22.:14:27.

A lot of speed and a lot of class. He had a very hard race here at the

:14:27.:14:30.

Royal meeting behind Frankel. How difficult was it to get him back to

:14:30.:14:35.

his best after that? The lads did a great job with him at home. Rob and

:14:35.:14:39.

Andrew and Jimmy, everybody involved with him have done a great

:14:39.:14:43.

job. I suppose we rode him different that day, we rode him for

:14:43.:14:50.

stamina more so than speed. Joseph came in that day and said, listen,

:14:50.:14:55.

he'd rather take his time and ride him different and that's what he

:14:55.:14:59.

did. We've probably learnt a lot. He's really progressing. Before I

:14:59.:15:04.

have a quick word with Joseph, is he going to the Breeders' Cup mile?

:15:04.:15:09.

I think that's what was in their mind before here, so I suppose if

:15:09.:15:13.

he's OK and if everybody's happy with that, I think that's where Le

:15:13.:15:20.

might be going -- where he might be going. Joseph, how good a

:15:20.:15:24.

performance was that Great. He's improving with racing and age and

:15:24.:15:27.

he's an exceptional horse, the ground makes no difference to him.

:15:27.:15:32.

A firm ground, soft ground today, it makes no difference to him and

:15:32.:15:37.

he's a lot of pace and he's a seven furlong horse with a lot of speed

:15:37.:15:42.

and gets a mile on his ear. A lots of time people talk about Frankel

:15:42.:15:46.

and how good he is. When we've seen Excelebration do what he did to a

:15:46.:15:50.

class field today, you get some idea of what Frankel's been beating

:15:50.:15:56.

all year long? Yes, exactly. Obviously our lad is an exceltional

:15:56.:16:01.

horse and has run some very consistent horses. I've probably

:16:01.:16:06.

sacrificed him against Frankel. My horse has been ridden for speed, as

:16:06.:16:10.

you have seen today and we have learnt that throughout the year.

:16:10.:16:16.

Obviously, I nearly got him out for a second during the year from

:16:16.:16:19.

trying to beat Frankel. I would have been closer to him other than

:16:19.:16:29.
:16:29.:16:39.

that, but Frankel is a great horse She ran well. Her first run of the

:16:39.:16:46.

year. She probably needed to run a bit. I'm very happy with her.

:16:46.:16:53.

Hopefully she will do better next time. And she's off to Hong Kong I

:16:53.:16:58.

believe? Yes. Sovereign Debt normally starts early. Cityscape

:16:58.:17:03.

just lose his footing a little as the stalls open, but nothing much

:17:03.:17:09.

to worry about. No, it was pretty good start. They went slow for the

:17:09.:17:13.

first part of the race. William Buick came to the rail and they all

:17:13.:17:19.

followed him. It looked like they were going slow because a lot of

:17:19.:17:24.

horses weren't keen. He didn't run that great a race. Carlton House

:17:24.:17:29.

settled. In July he pulled fiercely didn't he? He did. He did settle

:17:29.:17:34.

well enough in a slowly-run race. That's materialy stages. Cityscape

:17:34.:17:41.

with the white face was the eventual runner-up on the left. Now

:17:41.:17:46.

the closing stages there. Is the winner, Excelebration. He is tucked

:17:46.:17:52.

against the rails. They did group round him for a shade didn't they?

:17:52.:18:00.

They - but as soon as Joseph eased him out, when he asked him to go at

:18:00.:18:04.

the furlong pole the response was immediate. He put the race to bed

:18:04.:18:10.

pretty quick. He quickened up well and that is what a top miler does.

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If it hadn't been for Frankel we would have been calling him one of

:18:14.:18:20.

the best milers for years I dare safe. Very impressive today.

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Cityscape won -- won't run again this season. You stayed on the

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watch Frankel. One of the best horses you've ever seen? He's owned

:18:31.:18:36.

by a Prince and is trained by Prince Henry. Today is his crowning

:18:36.:18:42.

I think. Would you worry about the ground conditions? After watching

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that race I would be more confident than ever. Johnny, thank you. Henry

:18:48.:18:55.

Cecil was applauded as he walked from the Weighing Room with the

:18:55.:19:02.

saddle. He will put the finishing touches to a horse he's cared for

:19:02.:19:09.

so carefully. 13 races and 13 successes. Frankel there walking

:19:09.:19:13.

round the Pre-Parade Ring. Will shortly disappear into the saddling

:19:13.:19:19.

boxes. Let's reflect on the magnificence we've witnessed.

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For 300 years thoroughbred breeders have sought to create perfection in

:19:24.:19:32.

equine form. In February 2008, a son of Galileo, sire of champions

:19:32.:19:42.
:19:42.:19:43.

and Derby winner himself, became the latest pretend tore that crown.

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A miracle horse christened Frankel, after a cherished American trainer

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who never saw his namesake run, but whose memory lives on.

:19:54.:20:01.

A few weeks short of his second year, Frankel joined Henry Cecil at

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Warren Place and a partnership was born. An equine blue blood with a

:20:07.:20:14.

heart and will to run and a stride to tear any race apart. Trained by

:20:14.:20:21.

every racing romantic starling - darling, a legend himself, sailing

:20:21.:20:27.

on his second wind. Frankel's maid inrace introduced Tom Queally, the

:20:27.:20:37.
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Irish jockey who would partner Frankel every time he ran.

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Domination in a Dewhurst confirmed Frankel as Europe's undisputed

:20:48.:20:54.

champion two-year-old. COMMENTATOR: Frankel will maintain his unbeaten

:20:54.:20:58.

record! 2011, his second season, what was to be of Frankel in his

:20:58.:21:03.

classic campaign? He came to the 2000 Guineas unbeaten, five wins

:21:03.:21:10.

from five. And finished that sixth race immortal. COMMENTATOR: Frankel

:21:10.:21:18.

has pulverised them in the Guineas! Weeks later at Royal Ascot jockey

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error, Queally went too soon. And immortality was for the first time

:21:23.:21:31.

in question. If there was a point to prove at Glorious Goodwood, it

:21:31.:21:37.

was done in decisive style. Doubt was vanquished. Racing's new

:21:37.:21:42.

Emperor confirmed 2012, a presents to the people. Frankel would race

:21:42.:21:48.

as a four-year-old, and Frankel proved he was the greatest horse

:21:48.:21:58.

we've ever seen. Or would likely ever see. COMMENTATOR: It's all

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about one horse,, the superb, the spectacular Frankel. It's 13 out of

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13... Records have tumbled and superlatives poured. Those costly

:22:14.:22:18.

genes bequeathed by illustrious ancestors to their progeny have

:22:18.:22:22.

proved more than the sum of their parts. His value, whatever happens

:22:22.:22:27.

today works be a fitting ransom to a King, but in the eyes of all

:22:27.:22:31.

who've witnessed his record- breaking run and have shared his

:22:31.:22:41.
:22:41.:22:42.

story, Frankel is priceless. And his story is history. Frankel,

:22:42.:22:48.

going into the saddling boxes. Lady Jane Cecil and Sir Henry will shut

:22:48.:22:53.

the door firmly on that and make sure that all is prepared perfectly

:22:53.:22:57.

for this extraordinary climax to the flat season. Tom Queally

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smiling there, looking very relaxed. Jimmy Fortune wishing him luck.

:23:02.:23:06.

What a thrill for him. He will have the chance to enjoy every moment,

:23:06.:23:10.

because we've got the day for it. It is at raining. He definitely

:23:10.:23:17.

runs. We have a field of six. The Queen is here and has been making a

:23:17.:23:26.

presentation to Joseph O'Brien. Aidan O'Brien trains Excelebration.

:23:26.:23:32.

The Queen making the presentation for the race named after her in her

:23:32.:23:37.

honour. Amazing that he won that so easily and yet we know that on all

:23:37.:23:41.

proven form Frankel would have been seven lengths in front of him. By

:23:41.:23:46.

the way the feature that you saw, the voice was that of Steven birk

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 61 seconds

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off. The next voice you here is favourite.

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We are here in the Pre-Parade Ring. The amount of slebs, ordinary

:25:00.:25:06.

people who are here trying to get a look at the mighty Frankel. We've

:25:06.:25:10.

got royalty here. Madeleine Lloyd- Webber, everybody trying to get a

:25:10.:25:17.

close look at him and say, "I was there to see the mighty Frankel."

:25:17.:25:22.

And Ian Mongan on the left in the green cap will have his role to

:25:22.:25:28.

play in termings of -- in terms of setting the place for Tom Queally.

:25:29.:25:34.

Do you think he was saying, wait as late as you can before you push the

:25:34.:25:38.

button? I think there might have been discussion about where the

:25:38.:25:42.

pacemaker should be going into the first turn. Stay wide and maybe

:25:42.:25:48.

keep off the ground that's already poached. It could be something like

:25:48.:25:51.

that. Down at Swinley Bottom we've had two races round there and it

:25:51.:25:56.

might be churned up a little bit. Maybe they'll think of going

:25:56.:26:03.

slightly wider and keeping on fresh ground. It is just putting the Is

:26:03.:26:11.

and dotting the Ts, or crossing the Ts and dotting the Is. That's the

:26:11.:26:21.
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way. They have had handled it so well, because all the camera lenses

:26:22.:26:25.

and everything has been on them. And it means that Cirrus Des Aigles

:26:25.:26:32.

and Nathaniel have rather slipped under the radar. They are seriously

:26:32.:26:36.

good racehorses. They are proper Group 1 horses. But this guy is

:26:36.:26:41.

just... Well, he's just different isn't he. You do know what it is

:26:41.:26:46.

yet that makes him so exceptional? No. He's a big, powerful horse.

:26:46.:26:50.

He's got a very long stride, but why he goes faster than the others

:26:50.:26:57.

is because he's got a giant heart and lungs that work very

:26:57.:27:01.

efficiently. We cannot look at this horse and say that is why he is

:27:01.:27:07.

faster than others. No. It is just he's a fine specimen. He's heavy,

:27:07.:27:12.

but you will get racehorses possibly that are better looking

:27:12.:27:20.

than him, classic looking race hourss, but this guy -- classic-

:27:20.:27:24.

looking racehorses, but this guy when he canters it is effortlets.

:27:24.:27:30.

His stride is effortless. When he is cantering other horses are flat

:27:30.:27:37.

out. The other thing that helps him, his temperament. And Tom is equally

:27:37.:27:43.

relaxed. The horse is so relaxed. He eats more and sleeps more.

:27:43.:27:50.

pounds of oats. And he sleeps more than any horse Sir Henry has ever

:27:50.:27:54.

known. He obviously uses his energy in a proper manner. All racing

:27:54.:27:59.

people keep looking at him and try to learn something from this horse.

:27:59.:28:04.

Those that have their position in the Pre-Parade Ring are taking

:28:04.:28:08.

their photos of Frankel. Shortly he be going through the tunnel and

:28:08.:28:13.

coming into the paddock, where I expect him to receive a rousing

:28:13.:28:17.

round of applause. We've been at places where that happens, at

:28:17.:28:23.

Cheltenham for example. Very rarely does a flat racehorse, because they

:28:23.:28:28.

are not round long enough to capture the attention, very rarely

:28:28.:28:34.

does this horse get this sort of warmth. Affection. Yes. When he was

:28:34.:28:37.

in the 2000 Guineas the public started clapping this horse two

:28:37.:28:40.

furlongs from home. That's never been known before. I was there and

:28:40.:28:46.

I couldn't believe it. People just started clapping, because he was

:28:46.:28:52.

15-20 lengths in front of the rest of the field. This was a Group 1

:28:52.:28:56.

classic race. The 2000 Guineas. He made into it a procession. There'll

:28:56.:29:00.

be no announcement that he is coming into the paddock, so this

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will happen organically. People know she number three and they know

:29:05.:29:09.

what he looks like. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE They are all

:29:09.:29:14.

starting to clap. I hope they don't clap too much. It is respect as

:29:14.:29:18.

well as affection. And so many people that have come racing today

:29:18.:29:23.

have made a journey from a long way away because they want too see any

:29:23.:29:29.

more in the flesh, to watch him race, to feel the buzz. The lead

:29:29.:29:33.

horse has his head in the air listening to the crowd. Look at him,

:29:33.:29:36.

head down, he doesn't care. You can see the difference the two horses.

:29:36.:29:42.

One up in the air worrying about the clapping. And himself head down,

:29:42.:29:52.
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ears pricked, absolutely taking this question mark, you know, is

:30:03.:30:07.

this the last time we'll see him or could we see him again thex year,

:30:07.:30:12.

is that too much to hope for? I think whatever happens, we have to

:30:12.:30:20.

enjoy this afternoon. -- next year. Looking at this horse walking

:30:21.:30:25.

around the paddock so relaxed, people clapping and waving him,

:30:25.:30:31.

waving race cards at him and he's taking it all in very well indeed.

:30:31.:30:37.

If I was Henry Cecil, I would be so proud of how this horse is behaving.

:30:37.:30:44.

You can see him looking at the horse. He's worrying about how he's

:30:44.:30:51.

going to take it all in, but Henry is taking it well. All the jockeys

:30:51.:30:56.

are making sure they can get a view of him in the paddock. Everyone's

:30:56.:31:05.

taking photos, they all want their own personal snapshot of this horse.

:31:05.:31:13.

They've got Frankel pallets. This beats the paddock when the great

:31:13.:31:18.

black carvier went round, everyone wanted to see her, but this is even

:31:18.:31:24.

bigger and she was a worldwide superstar. So now we have a great

:31:24.:31:29.

superstar, an English superstar, in Frankel. The bell tolls, meaning

:31:29.:31:38.

the jockeys can get on board this - the horses. It's up to them. Any

:31:38.:31:46.

decision now is down to Tom quooly. The biggest challenger is this

:31:46.:31:56.
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gelding trained by Corin Barbe who treating him like a pet. -- Tom

:31:58.:32:03.

Queally. He beat Nathaniel and Snow Fairy last year in that race so he

:32:03.:32:09.

has absolutely got the form to give this the great Frankel something to

:32:09.:32:14.

think about. That's the way he won last time at Lang champ, he does a

:32:14.:32:23.

Frankel by winning by so far and so easy. Whatever Frankel does today,

:32:23.:32:30.

he's got serious horses against him. Yes, Cirrus Des Aigles, the second

:32:30.:32:34.

highest rated horse in the world but the highest rated is this horse.

:32:34.:32:38.

The other question is could he become the highest rated of all-

:32:38.:32:43.

time? Dancing Brave holds that mark. The magical number in terms of

:32:43.:32:48.

ratings of horses is 141. This horse currently on 140, which he's

:32:48.:32:53.

run to twice. A lot of people take on a lot of things about what

:32:53.:33:01.

horses get rated to, but I can remember that there was a horse

:33:01.:33:04.

always beaten. Old Vic was rated more than Nashvan and it doesn't

:33:04.:33:08.

always go. Whatever the facts and figures, I was talking about

:33:08.:33:11.

Frankel this morning on the radio and I said what he does to you,

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it's not about the head, it's about the heart, it's the way he wins his

:33:15.:33:19.

races, it's the way he composes himself, the power that he has, you

:33:19.:33:25.

know, the way you go away thinking... Authority against other

:33:25.:33:31.

horses? Yes and that's emotional, it's not rational. He gets up close

:33:31.:33:36.

to another horse and he sort of, I don't know if there's any horse

:33:36.:33:41.

noises gone between them or signs but other horses just are in awe of

:33:41.:33:46.

this guy. He just eye balls them and glides away from them and it's

:33:46.:33:54.

so effortless. Everything he does is effortless. The horses who we

:33:54.:33:59.

know by past experience have won Group I races and are very good

:33:59.:34:04.

horses - we have just had one, Excelebration, who won the quech

:34:04.:34:09.

EII today by an easy margin. -- QEII. Excelebration can't get this

:34:10.:34:19.
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been his job, to set a decent pace, Bullet Train, and wait for Frankel

:34:32.:34:38.

to come up. He might as well be 10,000 to 1.

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Cirrus Des Aigles, the second highest rated horse in the world.

:34:42.:34:48.

The only gelding in the field. Massively improved. Won three Group

:34:48.:34:53.

Is in that time. We don't think he's a patch on Frankel. Any time

:34:53.:35:00.

he's come up against what we think is a decent horse, he's made them

:35:00.:35:05.

look ordinary. This horse isn't turning a hair and there is a

:35:05.:35:09.

massive crowd there and there is a buzz around the place. Look at the

:35:09.:35:18.

crowd there. Upstairs, middle. Oh! Haven't seen a racecourse like this

:35:18.:35:25.

for years. 74 and a half lengths is his aggregate. Ryan Moore on board

:35:25.:35:30.

this one, Master Of Hounds. Hasn't run on ground as soft as this.

:35:30.:35:34.

Nathaniel - now, Nathaniel is a proper racehorse. We know that over

:35:34.:35:38.

the races that Frankel's run, this is the horse that's got closest to

:35:38.:35:43.

him a long time ago when they were two-year-olds. Pastorius, an

:35:43.:35:46.

interesting ride this for Sovereign Debt. German-trained horse. Will

:35:46.:35:52.

love the ground. A German Derby winner and looked very decent as a

:35:52.:35:58.

three-year-old. The second top rated three-year-old in Europe

:35:58.:36:02.

behind Camelot in fact. A serious horse as well. Represents the

:36:02.:36:08.

three-year-old division. But this is the moment. We are not far away

:36:08.:36:17.

now from the Qipco Champion Stakes. From Frankel, could it be his

:36:17.:36:25.

finest hour? The Sir Henry Cecil trained colt

:36:25.:36:31.

Frankel has been one of tf best ever. This horse is greatest

:36:31.:36:37.

racehorse I've ever seen. Uerbgs Frankel is box office, perhaps the

:36:37.:36:41.

greatest racehorse that racing has ever seen. The best racehorse in

:36:41.:36:47.

the world. Highest rated horse in the world. What a privilege.

:36:47.:36:57.
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big, big one for Frankel. immediate response. In front by ten

:36:58.:37:08.
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lengths. He's clear. The brilliant, unbeaten Frankel. Scintillated an

:37:11.:37:18.

sensational. You will never see another like him. Sir Henry Cecil

:37:18.:37:23.

there in the stands. His children in front of him. And it's his

:37:23.:37:28.

daughter on the left with the blonde hair there. This is a real

:37:28.:37:31.

moment for them. I mean, you know, it's out of Henry's control now,

:37:31.:37:36.

it's all down to Tom and the horse. Yes, but Tom is more relaxed now

:37:36.:37:41.

than he's been in the last 24 hours. He'll be as relaxed as relaxed

:37:41.:37:46.

could be because he's got nobody chattering in your ear now and all

:37:46.:37:52.

it is now is silence out there in the country and you and your

:37:52.:37:58.

champion going cantering down nice and quietly to make history here at

:37:58.:38:08.
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Ascot today. This is just - well, look at him - ears pricked,

:38:09.:38:12.

cantering very nicely and sedately and they're in tune with one

:38:12.:38:18.

another. I'm sure that's what will happen when the gates fly back open.

:38:18.:38:24.

This guy will just canter away behind his pacemaker and make all

:38:24.:38:28.

these basically champions look like selling players. That's what we

:38:29.:38:34.

hope's going to happen. The two things that make this the biggest

:38:34.:38:37.

test Frankel's ever had is the ground which is softer than he'll

:38:37.:38:41.

have raced over before, but there are reasons to think he'll handle

:38:41.:38:44.

that. The other is Cirrus Des Aigles, who is the best horse that

:38:44.:38:47.

he has come up against so far and who definitely likes this ground

:38:47.:38:53.

and who is a very experienced older horse and is a bit of a star, he

:38:53.:38:58.

really is. There are two things that contradict one another. His

:38:58.:39:01.

actions suggest that he'd handle cut in the ground because he gets

:39:01.:39:06.

his knee high and the other thing is, he's a very big heavy horse and

:39:06.:39:11.

big heavy horses have to lift themselves out of soft ground and

:39:11.:39:14.

don't usually suit them because they have to work harder to lift

:39:14.:39:20.

all that weight adds they are gal lopping in soft ground -- gal

:39:20.:39:25.

lopping in soft ground. Will you, let's see. He's not like other

:39:25.:39:30.

horses. Look at Cirrus Des Aigles on the left there, Frankel on the

:39:30.:39:35.

right. He's a big horse. But he looks narrow in the chest area

:39:35.:39:39.

compared to Frankel. Look at Frankel's shoulder muscles.

:39:39.:39:48.

reminds you of a bull, you know. Strong, big shouldered, big

:39:48.:39:51.

backside. Nathaniel in the foreground, we talked about him

:39:51.:39:59.

briefly earlier, he's got very warm there. Yes. He's a classic looking

:39:59.:40:05.

horse. He's good-looking, athletic. Eclipse winner, King George winner

:40:05.:40:10.

last year, second in the King George last year, just beaten. Had

:40:10.:40:18.

a bit of a temperature. Ko-sms here as a second option to the Ark. --

:40:18.:40:23.

comes here as a second option to the Ark. The filly, his sister,

:40:23.:40:27.

suffered. Got put into the Arc de Triomphe and then had to come out

:40:27.:40:37.
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here today and she was a bit quicker. Look who is leading them

:40:41.:40:48.

round! I was at practise with him. He's the specialist with horses in

:40:48.:40:53.

the stalls and he's a bit of a horse whisperer, has a great

:40:53.:40:59.

technique around horses. He's more usually used with more difficult

:40:59.:41:02.

animals. Frankel is incredibly straightforward, or has seemed to

:41:03.:41:08.

be. But this is the big test, the big moment. Clare, here we go!

:41:08.:41:13.

on favourite here is Frankel. Tom Queally and Frankel into the

:41:13.:41:18.

stalls. They've had some fantastic times together. Will this be the

:41:18.:41:22.

ultimate?! That's it! Off and running in the Qipco Champion

:41:22.:41:26.

Stakes. And last away Frankel, missed it by two or three lengths

:41:26.:41:36.
:41:36.:41:36.

and am pling along toward the end of the field. -- ampling along.

:41:36.:41:44.

Cirrus Des Aigles getting through to the pacemaker. Frankel tracking.

:41:44.:41:50.

Master Of Hounds. Mongan looking around. Pastorius. Getting away

:41:50.:41:55.

from the inside rail, about five horses off the inside rail as they

:41:55.:42:00.

swing out of Swinley Bottom. It's Cirrus Des Aigles in front by half

:42:00.:42:05.

a length for Peslier. Nathaniel on the outside. In third Bullet Train

:42:05.:42:09.

with Mongan still looking around. Frankel on the outside. Started to

:42:09.:42:14.

loom up in the fourth. Half a length away, Master Of Hounds and

:42:14.:42:19.

then Pastorius. Five-and-a-half furlongs to go now. Bullet Train

:42:19.:42:23.

starts to do his job. Cirrus Des Aigles is going with him. Two

:42:23.:42:27.

lengths away is Nathaniel. Two away then is Frankel back in fourth

:42:27.:42:33.

position and he's am bling along at this stage. Being tracked by

:42:33.:42:36.

Pastorius and Master Of Hounds. All the time climbing up towards home

:42:36.:42:40.

in the Champion Stakes and on the left of the picture, it's the

:42:40.:42:47.

pacemaker, Bullet Train, by two lengths to Cirrus Des Aigles second.

:42:47.:42:51.

Nathaniel. Frankel poised in fourth. Master Of Hounds then Pastorius as

:42:51.:42:56.

they round the home turn now. About to straighten up for the judge.

:42:56.:43:00.

Cirrus Des Aigles on the outside grabs the lead from Bullet Train.

:43:00.:43:04.

Here is Nathaniel but look at Frankel on the outside less loose

:43:04.:43:07.

by Queally. Starting to move up very easily. Cirrus Des Aigles on

:43:07.:43:12.

the far side. It's now Frankel for the final effort. He still hasn't

:43:12.:43:16.

moved on the near side. Now he says go, a furlong to go, it's Frankel

:43:16.:43:22.

who takes up the running clearly. He's in front. He's going for the

:43:22.:43:26.

whip and he's roaring away. 14 out of 14! He makes his biggest

:43:26.:43:30.

challenge look pretty easy as he goes to the line. Frankel, the

:43:30.:43:38.

greatest of the greatest goes on to beat Cirrus Des Aigles. In in third,

:43:38.:43:44.

Nathaniel, Pastorius and Master Of Hounds. Last is Bullet Train. Well,

:43:44.:43:53.

he's done it. Unbeat none 14. 11-2 on favourite. Frankel. And it was a

:43:53.:43:57.

really dramatic race from the time they left the stalls. He didn't

:43:57.:44:01.

begin that well. The pacemaker, the rider, the pacemaker was looking

:44:01.:44:07.

around for him, but in tend, he ambled up on the outside and Tom

:44:07.:44:13.

Queally who knows him so well pushed the button. He didn't win by

:44:13.:44:18.

a wide margin, but he was always going to win. Second was Cirrus Des

:44:18.:44:24.

Aigles, hast year's winner. Then a gap of three to four lengths to

:44:24.:44:29.

Nathaniel, a King George winner here at Ascot, then the German

:44:29.:44:35.

Derby winner, Pastorius in fourth. Then in fifth, Master Of Hounds.

:44:35.:44:41.

And the sixth and last is Bullet Train. There was some heart-

:44:41.:44:45.

stopping moments. All the time you felt that the way he was going, he

:44:45.:44:53.

was handling the ground OK. Although he hasn't won by the

:44:53.:44:58.

electrifying style of the Queen Anne when he won by 11 lengths in

:44:58.:45:03.

June, he was still going to win. That was the important thing for

:45:03.:45:12.

everybody here today. 14 out of 14, Sir Henry Cecil. His son Jake with

:45:12.:45:22.
:45:22.:45:33.

disappointed. This Champion of Champions. Perhaps the greatest of

:45:33.:45:39.

them all, has won today and he's won it comfortably but in difficult

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conditions. The distances, a length and three quarters and two-and-a-

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half lengths. The time was 2: 10.22. The only moment of worry, the only

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moment of doubt for Frankel's supporters was the start, because

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Frankel was very slow out of the stalls. That meant that Tom Queally

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had to Chase him slightly to keep up. Bullet Train was out like a

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built. Frankel had to be nudged slightly. Ian Mongan was looking

:46:16.:46:23.

rounds for him, but once he moved up alongside Nathaniel, he was

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moving so easily. He is a special horse. Things have gone wrong for

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him and that would get most horses beat, but not this guy. He went

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past this horse, absolutely... It is unbelievable. He is just

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starting to have to work now. Maybe he doesn't quite get the trip. He

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has won in spite of the ground. I'm sure he will be a much better, you

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would get a better performance out of him on faster ground than this

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sort of, this National Hunt heavy sort of stuff. We have already had

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one round of applause and cheers Henry Cecil. We'll get another in

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the Grandstand as Frankel parades in front of them.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE They came to see this horse, and Henry Cecil

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deserves so much credit for all the times he's been champion trainer

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for all the great horses that have come through his hands. The way

:47:24.:47:28.

he's handled this horse to keep him at the top of his game for as long

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as he has deserves so much appreciation. The horse is

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unbelievable. And, of course, there's Her Majesty the Queen. Oh!

:47:40.:47:46.

Gave Tom Queally a wave! You can see he's such a special, special

:47:46.:47:52.

horse this. The whole country should be very proud that we have a

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superstar that can go around the world and defeat anybody. This is

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the best horse I've ever seen. I would hope that most people would

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agree it is the best horse that they've ever seen as well. I think

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it is the best horse ever. Even getting left those three or four

:48:14.:48:19.

lengths, on this ground you have that extra effort to get back up

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there to get back into your racing position and then find your rhythm.

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He found that after about two furlongs. Obviously he was using a

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lot of energy up in that first two furlongs. But he still had enough

:48:34.:48:43.

class, ability, to come to that French colt... Cirrus Des Aigles. A

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gelding. Basically on the bridle. He got tired the last furlong and

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Tom Queally did have to get him a reminder just to keep him going,

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because on this ground horses tend to want to stop galloping. That's

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what the win is for, just to keep them going. The fear always when

:49:02.:49:06.

you build up to a big sporting occasion is that it won't live up

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to expectation, that something will go wrong, that we will be

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dispoisoned. And today it did not. -- that we will be disappointed and

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today it did not. Thank goodness. Despite the soft ground. We must

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give credit to the owner and the trainer today. They were brilliant.

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They had every excuse not to run him but they said, let's run him.

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Even the ground being like it is. They took the chance and they've

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been rewarded. They've been rewarded well, because the horse

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gave lengths away at the start, came to serious -- came to Cirrus

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Des Aigles a furlong-and-a-half down on the bridle virtually and

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won by one and three quarter lengths. What a superstar this is.

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And don't forget the horses he's beat here today are the best in the

:50:02.:50:12.
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whole wide world. CHEERING Hen are there in discussion with Ed Dunlop.

:50:15.:50:18.

We saw Aidan O'Brien saying well done as well all of the trainers

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with licences in this country and around Europe are thrilled for

:50:22.:50:29.

Henry. He's a very sick man. He is undergoing chemotherapy. This horse

:50:29.:50:34.

has given him reason to be joyful and reason to be positive and so

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much motivation. That's why this is about more than just racing. This

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is an incredible story. He's beautiful isn't he? It is a human

:50:46.:50:52.

story. It is an unbelievable story that we have here today. It's been

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fulfilled. We have all got what we all wanted a. All the people who've

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come to Ascot today in their thousands to see this superstar

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have been rewarded by seeing him win.

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May it please Your Majesty, your rile Highness, my Lords, ladies and

:51:17.:51:22.

gentlemen, this is what you came to see. He is a British champion. He

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is a world champion, he is a champion of all time, 14 out of 14

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wins for the magnificent Frankel! comes back to adulation rarely seen

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on a British racecourse. Tom Queally dismounts. Henry Cecil, who

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has done such a fantastic job with this horse in nurturing this great

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talent, developing it, and ensuring that he was always given every

:52:15.:52:23.

chance. Prince Khalid Abdullah there. Lord Grimthorpe, racing

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manager to Prince Khaled. This huge crowd, a sellout crowd here at

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Ascot. Prince Khalid listening to Tom Queally and listening to what

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he has to say about the race. Will it be fascinating to hear what he

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says this the interview Tom. Frankie Dettori, who rode Pastorius.

:52:50.:52:58.

And Marcus Armitage. And Prince Khalid listening to what had to say

:52:58.:53:02.

about what happened. I have a feeling they didn't want to be up

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there at all early. Whether they wanted to miss the start just as

:53:09.:53:15.

acutely as they did is another matter. But Cirrus Des Aigles was

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left having to do the donkey work himself at least five-and-a-half,

:53:21.:53:27.

six from home. He has run exceptionally well. You do just get

:53:27.:53:33.

an inkling that it was a little bit messy. There is no doubt about the

:53:33.:53:43.

winner. The winner has won. And he's done it so well. All Prince

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Khalid, almost going over a barrel of water! Let's look at the full

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details on the QIPCO Champion Stakes.

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Thank you Frankel, it's been a privilege to watch you.

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We'll find out shortly the thoughts of Henry Cecil, Khalid Abdullah and

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qeelqoel qeel and get a decision I suspect on whether that's the last

:54:15.:54:19.

time we see Frankel or whether there may be one hor race this

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season. I doubt it. The Breeders Cup Classic would be the only

:54:24.:54:29.

option. I hope he runs again, as I would like to get the same feeling

:54:29.:54:36.

that I'm feeling now. Tom Queally weighing in in the

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winners closure, or close to it. That's the final formality. 9 stone

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3 the scales need to say, and they did. He will come across to Rishi

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and the crowd. We will hear the interviews as they go out on the PA.

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We can go to Rishi right now. Here I am with the winning trainer Sir

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Henry Cecil. What did you make of what you saw today Sir Henry?

:55:04.:55:09.

didn't have the ground, but he was very relaxed. We haven't got much

:55:09.:55:14.

time before we go off air on the BBC, can tell us what's the has

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been the best thing about training Frankel? Everything in general I

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enjoyed. He's the best I've ever had, the best I've ever seen. I

:55:24.:55:28.

will be very surprised if there's ever better. Sir Henry, thank you

:55:28.:55:33.

very much. CHEERING And that is the first time

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that Henry Cecil has said there has never been better. It's the first

:55:38.:55:43.

time thatna he has admitted this is the best horse he's ever had.

:55:43.:55:50.

That's a bad sign for me in terms of that's it? Tom Queally,

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congratulations. What was happening at the start? He was getting more

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and more relaxed as time went on. He was waiting for the gates to

:56:01.:56:05.

open and he was away. He travelled well and was happy all the way.

:56:05.:56:09.

There is no doubt he is better on better ground. His class really

:56:10.:56:14.

showed today. People have been waiting for him to have what they

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said is his toughest test. What did you make of what he achieved this

:56:19.:56:24.

afternoon? I walked the track wand was a little worried about the

:56:24.:56:29.

conditions. I knew it wasn't too heavy for him to quicken up and win.

:56:29.:56:36.

It is always a concern. You want every angle covered and you want

:56:36.:56:41.

everything in your favour. In that respect there is always a little

:56:41.:56:46.

worry, but he was in great heart today. And he looked a lot better

:56:46.:56:51.

than he did 12 months ago to this day. What can I say about him that

:56:51.:56:57.

hasn't been said before? He is so good, even on that ground. You

:56:57.:57:01.

never see a Formula One Carwyn on anything but tarmac but he might

:57:01.:57:09.

argue that case a little. Well done Tom. Thanks a lot. CHEERING Frankel

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is getting roared around the Parade Ring as he takes his lap of honour.

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And honestly, Henry said he didn't like the crowd much. He looked so

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unbothered by it. It him so relaxed. That is possibly why he was so

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relaxed coming out of the stalls. You can see him walking around

:57:31.:57:36.

there, he just walked past us once. He's got 100 cameramen trying to

:57:36.:57:46.
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get in his ear with big cameras. They are all clapping at him and he

:57:46.:57:52.

is saying, "Yeah, I did it, thank you very much." Look at him, so

:57:52.:57:55.

relaxed. Someone needs to straighten that sheet. He's done it.

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He heard you Clare. You are marvellous when you talk, Clare.

:58:00.:58:06.

Things happen. I just want to hear from Rishi about whether that was

:58:06.:58:13.

Frankel's final race, any idea Rishi? I've just spoken to Prince

:58:13.:58:17.

Khalid Abdullah. He has just confirmed that Frankel has indeed

:58:17.:58:24.

run his last ever race. We hoped perhaps it could be extended, but

:58:24.:58:33.

how can you improve on perfection? What a day. Honestly, what a horse

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this is. And listen... Thereon the applause.

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A fabulous, fabulous moment, a fabulous racehorse. It is like the

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FA Cup. The best we have ever seen. Thanks to everyone at the BBC who

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has worked at Ascot for the last 61 years, and thanks to this man.

:58:55.:59:02.

Frankel has given us our finest finale. Bye.

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COMMENTATOR: The Sir Henry Cecil horse Frankel has been named...

:59:07.:59:13.

Perhaps best racehorse the world has ever seen.

:59:13.:59:23.
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It's a horse in a life time. He's unbeaten. We have the best

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racehorse in the world on official ratings. The highest rated horse in

:59:27.:59:32.

the world. This horse is the greatest racehorse I have ever seen.

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And Frankel is striding away... He begins to stretch away... An

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immediate response! Frankel now in full flight... It's all about one

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