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we have grey skies above Ascot Racecourse and for Ladies' Day - | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
Gold Cup day here at Royal Ascot, umbrellas are up. That may be where | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
most of the colour is from. The queen has a personal message in the | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
race card. She says "as I reflect on the past 60 years much has | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
changed for Ascot Racecourse. The eyes of all those who love horse | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
racing are upon these beautiful surroundings upon this special week | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
in June." The wind has been stronger as well. The four | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
kilometres of bunting have been blowing about in the breeze. For | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
many here, with hats and umbrellas, it may be a tricky time ahead. I | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
suggest a big hat pin as well. People are looking magnificent. So | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
many book their day off years in advance. There is Bruce Forsyth. | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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Sir Steve red -- Redgrave as well. This, the prize for the best stayer | :02:03. | :02:10. | |
on show today - that the statue of Yatess. The first and the only | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
horse to win the Gold Cup four years in a row. Now safely retired | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
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at stud. Fame and Glory has a touch of class | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
about him. He knows how to do this, having won it last year. This is a | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
great day's racing and of fashion as well. This has everything. | :02:38. | :02:48. | |
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One of the most prestigious days in racing. For over 200 years, we have | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
gathered for this distinguished race. | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
What brings us here? The prestige. The horse racing. The fashion. | :03:01. | :03:08. | |
The winning. Stilettos and muddy earth. | :03:08. | :03:18. | |
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The sound of hoofs past the post. Gold Cup's day. Ladies' Day. When | :03:21. | :03:31. | |
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women, like angels, like sweetly divine. | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
Not thinking about fashion though is Hayley Turner. She has a big | :03:38. | :03:48. | |
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task ahead. She's on board a horse for the Queen in the Ribblesdale. | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
Dettori has won the Gold Cup four times. He has picked Colour Vision | :03:53. | :04:03. | |
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from the team. Murtagh is on board Saddler's Rock. | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
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William Buick's came yesterday. He's the new ban in the Godolphin | :04:20. | :04:30. | |
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team he's on board Opinion Poll. Ryan Moore is in front. Just in | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
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jockeys are looking at. They don't really care about the crowds or the | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
photographers and certainly not about the fashion. It is all about | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
riding a winner? It is. For some of the top lads, the likes of Frankie | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
Dettori, who has won winners in the 40s here, he will be desperate to | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
get his name on the board. You are judged on your big successes. He | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
would have experienced that feeling you get when you ride a winner on | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
the bigger stage. He will be desperate to get it. The jockeys | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
have been presented to the crowd. An effort being made that jockeys | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
have a higher profile. Like swimmers and I guess motor racing | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
drivers, - all their work is done with with helmets on and goggles. | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
It is hard for them to forge an identity in the way that golfers do, | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
in so much as face-time. It is great that people get a chance to | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
see them. I think for all the lads as well a little bit of a higher | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
profile can only help their earners. It is not glamorous, in terms of | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
when they arrive, a lot go to the sawn that and try to sweat down to | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
the weight they need to do today. There is someone who has come out. | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
They will study the form. Obviously having a chat. There's a good | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
atmosphere in there. It is serious work, this. It is very serious. | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
Like I said, you are judged on your successes on the biggest stage. | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
Trust me, stages don't come any bigger than here at Royal Ascot. | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
There's Neil, he'll be happy to have a winner. | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
Unlucky yesterday, horses didn't run up to the mark. Murtagh - no | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
winner at this meeting. It is amazing what goes on in your head | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
as a jockey. You have so many things to sort out - you have | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
travel arrivals. People asking for badges. These sort of things. All | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
you want to do is ride a winner. That is all you can think about. | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
For you, at home, I hope you feel as if you have a badge and the best | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
seat in the house. We are here on the BBC until the end of racing | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
today across the three networks. This is what we've got in store for | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
you. Tickets have been sold out for | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
months because this is Ladies' Day - the day in which women | :07:06. | :07:15. | |
traditionally wear their biggest, boldest and most fashionable outfit. | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
Stamina for anyone in high heels, but for the horses negotiating the | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
two-and-a-half miles of the Gold Cup. We sent off two ex-jockeys to | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
test out the track. In charge of the ground, for the | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
past 16 years here at Ascot has been Gilly, he retires after 46 | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
years in total as a groundsman. We pay him tribute. | :07:39. | :07:45. | |
We'll will taking you to Ireland, to the yard of John Oxx to ask him | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
and Jimmy Murtagh about the chances of Saddler's Rock in the Gold Cup. | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
The horse talks to the camera as well! | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
And we will ask those who ride and train runners what makes Royal | :07:56. | :08:03. | |
Ascot so special? Six races in total. The first of | :08:03. | :08:13. | |
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them for two year olds at 2.30pm from now until nearly 6pm. | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
A few non-runners since the declarations were made. | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
Complicated is out of the first race. | :08:57. | :09:04. | |
Anaconda and Star Board non-runners. Let's find out about the state of | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
the ground after that overnight rain. | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
We had eight-and-a-half millimetres of rain overnight. The going | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
description yesterday was "good", today, it is good to soft. I have | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
walked the straight course here. The perception is the straight | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
course rises quicker. The timings yesterday suggested good to firm, | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
as as close as you can get. The straight course will ride quicker | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
than the round course. The round course is where the Gold Cup takes | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
place this afternoon. Last year there was rain before Fame And | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
Glory won the Gold Cup. Although there is some moisture on the round | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
course I believe Fame And Glory will cope with conditions fine. | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
Different conditions for horses on the round course this afternoon, | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
for the horses and riders, indeed. It is a different day for the | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
fashion. Let's find out about that now. We will not let the weather | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
conditions deter the fashion today. The accessory of the day may be the | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
umbrella. I will talk to top milliner steefpb Jones later on and | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
ask him to share my broadcasting duties. Eve Pollard is with us | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
today. It is lovely to be back, having done this gig for 23 years. | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
You can talk us through some changes. I am sure it's very | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
different now. In some ways it is. In some ways it's the most | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
wonderful show on earth. The women look fabulous and even the men look | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
more handsome in their penguin suits. In their finery. We will | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
examine that later on. And also everybody trying to find a | :10:44. | :10:49. | |
win and go home in profit, if they can. Nick opened his race card, | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
pointed to a horse's name and said, this will win. You better share it | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
with everybody. I am full of confidence after my display | :10:57. | :11:06. | |
yesterday. I like the horse trained by Mr C oorbgs x. So Reckless | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
Abandon in the -- --. Cox. Reckless Abandon. | :11:13. | :11:20. | |
Hoping to do better? I am the substitute. He could not tip | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
wheelbarrows yesterday afternoon. You have some predictions for us | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
this afternoon. It is difficult. It is the most competitive racing in | :11:27. | :11:36. | |
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the world. What have you come up with. In the first Reckless Abandon. | :11:38. | :11:43. | |
Cay Verde is the favourite, but I am going with Reckless Abandon. I | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
think this ground may make the difference to the favourite. The | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
second race is The Fuge. That was unlucky before and you would think | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
she would have a good chance. This is like a rerun of the Oaks. | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
Fame And Glory - this is the horse that I don't think will be beaten, | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
especially now that if rain has come. | :12:05. | :12:13. | |
It has scuppered the chances of a lot of his dangers. Then you have | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Fast Or Free. The Haggas horse, he has won twice. He's an up and | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
coming horse. I think you will see the best racing he's run so far. | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
Tales Of Grimm is in the Tercentenary Stakes. He's the horse | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
I think will be winning there. It ran very well at Sandown last time. | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
Michael Stoute has not had a winner so far. He will hopefully here | :12:36. | :12:46. | |
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today N the last race is a horse I bred myself, in the king -- King | :12:47. | :12:57. | |
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George Stakes. He is badly drawn. You have Fitzgerald to beat. I hope | :12:59. | :13:08. | |
I get one to beat the Mick. How did you enjoy your first day at | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
Ascot? I didn't place any bets. I think I will today. That �100,000 | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
bet yesterday was not me. It was a bit scary. Kate will help us | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
through through the royal procession and keep you informed | :13:20. | :13:26. | |
with all her historical tip bits about the Royal Family. Not just | :13:26. | :13:33. | |
about our present Queen, but about monarchs from years gone by. These | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
are the shots approaching the gates at the top of the racecourse. Very | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
brave n the conditions, given that showers are forecast. Still we have | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
the open carriages, so that if crowd here can get a clear look at | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. For those who have had bets on the | :13:50. | :13:55. | |
colour of the queen's hat - mint green is the winner. The Queen | :13:55. | :14:05. | |
wearing a pale mint green and that hat by Rachel Trevor Morgan. In the | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
first carriage we have the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Joining | :14:10. | :14:20. | |
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them today Sir Peter O 'Sullivan. His last commentary coming on the | :14:24. | :14:34. | |
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about that leading carriage, between them at the age is over 320 | :14:42. | :14:49. | |
years, which is not bad! It really is not. Fantastic to see them | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
looking so well. We will be talking about Her Majesty the Queen in more | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
detail when we have seen the other carriages. In the second carriage, | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
we find a Royal Highness the Princess Royal. Princess Beatrice | :15:01. | :15:10. | |
as well. The Page of Honour to the Queen between 1985 and 1987. An | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
officer in the Welsh Guards. And also Jeremy Richardson. For many | :15:16. | :15:24. | |
years he ran at the injured jockeys Fund. And the Princess Royal is | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
Britain's representative on the International Olympic Committee. | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
She competed in the Olympics, as did Captain Mark Phillips, and now | :15:34. | :15:40. | |
their daughter, Zara Phillips. In the third carriage, we have the | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
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Duke of York's younger daughter, Princess Eugenie. Edward Toll Bar | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
Marsh, a godson of the Prince of Wales. At the inquiry to the Queen. | :15:57. | :16:06. | |
Charles Richards, in a black top hat. Luckily, the winds seem to | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
have died down, otherwise hands would be to hats to keep them in | :16:10. | :16:18. | |
place. And in carriage four, the chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey | :16:18. | :16:28. | |
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Club. His colours are well known in racing. Read Jazz, one of his, and | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
his wife is also in there with him. You will be very familiar with | :16:35. | :16:41. | |
those faces, Mr and Mrs Middleton, also in the carriage. The mother | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
and father of the Duchess of Cambridge. Prince William | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
celebrating his 30th birthday today, so he and his wife are not at the | :16:48. | :16:55. | |
races. They got married on 24th April last year in front of 24 | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
million people watching in the UK alone. But billions worldwide | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
watched the royal wedding. Absolutely, especially in the | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
United States. It was an incredibly popular occasion. The romance, the | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
beauty. It has given a massive boost to the royal family's | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
popularity. William is number two in popularity behind the Queen. It | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
is fascinating, a big change. Crowds young and old gathering to | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
watch the royal procession, making sure they get their position to get | :17:23. | :17:32. | |
a really good look. We are not daunted by rain! The Queen | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
deliberately carrying a transparent umbrella, and actually matching the | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
mint green. The umbrella matches everything. She has thought | :17:40. | :17:46. | |
carefully. I have to confess I have not brought a purple umbrella. We | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
have had an awful lot of queries for you. The more information | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
people get, the more they want to know, which is fantastic. The Duke | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
of Edinburgh being very animated. bet he is telling some good jokes. | :18:01. | :18:06. | |
I think they are waving at the people on bicycles. Peter | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
O'Sullivan deep in conversation with John Warren. The Queen today | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
with a runner with a good chance, not necessarily a guaranteed winner. | :18:15. | :18:22. | |
But moment Terry has a good chance in the second race. -- Momentary. A | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
question for you, was Queen Victoria interested in racing? | :18:26. | :18:31. | |
Queen Victoria was very keen on it. She first came to Ascot after she | :18:31. | :18:35. | |
became Queen. Then the winner was put up on a great big blackboard so | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
that everybody knew. She had big success with horses but she did not | :18:39. | :18:46. | |
attend Ascot after the death of Prince Albert. She was mourning him. | :18:46. | :18:53. | |
Was there no royal procession? It was really until her son, Edward | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
the Seventh, became King. He instigated it again. He loved tie | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
society. He was desperate to get out of his mother's shadow and he | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
brought back the glamour and glitz. He would have loved Ladies' Day. | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
There was nothing that he loved more than good-looking ladies in | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
hats and umbrellas! Giving your study of monarchs over the years, | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
how have the female monarchs Dyfed in the way they have presented | :19:18. | :19:28. | |
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different? The Queen Mother said that the English like queens, and I | :19:32. | :19:39. | |
think we do. If William and Kate have a little girl, she will | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
inherit the throne in the same way as a little boy would have done. | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
Some of our favourite monarchs have been Queen's, including Elizabeth I | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
and Victoria. It is a difficult job to be Queen. On the one hand you | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
have to be a great ruler, you have to be successful, but you also have | :19:55. | :20:05. | |
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of modesty. When Elizabeth I gave that famous speech about having the | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
body of a woman but a heart and stomach of a King, that was very | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
important. You have to have both. Queen Victoria lost Prince Albert | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
relatively young, and the difference is that the current | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
Queen had the Duke of Edinburgh by her side. She is the longest | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
married monarch. She was in love with him at the age of 13. He said | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
they should go and jump the nets at Dartmouth Naval College. They did | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
that and she was in love with him, no change. Jump the next? Yes, | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
tennis nets, at 13. They were splendid. She wanted nobody else, | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
even during the war. She had a photograph on her mantelpiece, and | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
they were telling her that was too obvious so she disguise him with a | :20:49. | :20:57. | |
beard. A brilliant story! Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
are meeting the Dalai Lama, so they are not here. They have had many | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
conversations over the years. Dalai Lama is here on a ten-day tour. | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
Prince Charles himself has made a lot of suggestions that he should | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
be defender of faith, rather than defender of the faith. That is very | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
interesting. I presume they are planning a great big cake for | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
Prince William with dancing girls to jump out of it, now that he is | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
30. Their great milestone. I have heard that they are having a low- | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
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key celebration. Were you invited? No. They lost our invitations! In a | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
few moments we will hear the national anthem from the band of | :21:44. | :21:54. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds | :21:55. | :22:48. | |
its way of the racecourse. They have come up the middle. They have | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
now got a good feel for what the ground might be like. A little bit | :22:52. | :22:59. | |
soggy. Actually the royal procession makes sure that they | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
plough a different furrow every day, as it were, it so that they do not | :23:03. | :23:08. | |
wear particular trap on the course. The Queen understanding racing as | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
deeply as she does, she knows that the carriages could be turning up | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
the ground if they went on the same spot every time. There would be a | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
track that you could see for miles away, especially on a day like | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
today when the ground is softer. The royal family have always loved | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
the rain. Queen Victoria was always dragging out the ladies in waiting | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
in the rain. The only day the Queen does not like the rain is today, | :23:36. | :23:46. | |
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Royal Ascot. So much enthusiasm and energy, not just for the sport, but | :23:47. | :23:51. | |
also for the entertaining side of it. The guests that appear in a | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
royal procession Orrell by invitation personally of the Queen. | :23:57. | :24:03. | |
asked how I can get into that, but it is just personal invitation from | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
the Queen. She has relationships with lots of people because she | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
just loves racing. She loves to talk about horses. Ever since she | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
was a little girl, some of her best friends were other little girls | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
that loved horses. It is important to her and it is marvellous that | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
she can invite people to Windsor Castle and have a marvellous chat | :24:22. | :24:27. | |
about horses and racing. Who knows what she thinks about Black Caviar | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
at the weekend. That will be hugely exciting and so much interest from | :24:32. | :24:39. | |
Australia in the fortunes of black caviar, unbeaten in 21 races so far. | :24:39. | :24:42. | |
Hot favourite for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes, where the Queen | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
will make the presentation, as indeed she will do after the Gold | :24:45. | :24:54. | |
Cup. The candour of Wessex is here. -- the Countess of Wessex. She has | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
been here every day. She is genuinely beginning to get to know | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
people in racing quite well and enjoying it more and more. | :25:02. | :25:08. | |
Absolutely. I think she really does enjoy it. She can enjoy it for | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
herself. I think the royal family, many of them, are never happiest | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
than when riding horses. Lovely to see Princess Beatrice and Princess | :25:18. | :25:26. | |
to Janey becoming regular attendees at Royal Ascot. Striking out on | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
their own, as they do in their own right. Princess Beatrice has | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
finished her degree and she can look at charities and her work now. | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
The younger generation of the royal family are coming to the fore, | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
becoming more publicly obvious. Now the Queen it can take a back seat | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
and give more jobs to the younger royals. The Duke of Edinburgh has | :25:46. | :25:53. | |
been going out the pace of a 30 year-old. -- at the pace. As well | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
as being a tremendous honour and privilege to ride in a royal | :25:57. | :26:07. | |
:26:07. | :26:08. | ||
possession, it is also great fun. I Sir Peter O'Sullivan is in the lead | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
carriage, having commentated for so many years. It began with George | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
the 4th in 1825, as a way of rewarding some of his friends. It | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
is so important to Queens. Royal Ascot was thanks to Queen Anne. She | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
went out riding one day and thought it was a good place for horses to | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
go racing. The first one was in 1711 and the horses ran around | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
bearing 12 stone, pretty heavy. It is thanks to our Queens that we | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
have got Royal Ascot. And in her Diamond Jubilee year, the Queen is | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
really seeing it at her best. she had a personal message in the | :26:44. | :26:47. | |
front of the race card this year, extending a warm welcome to | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
everybody attending Royal Ascot. She says that the best horses can | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
be near, trained and ridden by the best in their profession, and | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
increasingly we have competitors joining us from all over the world. | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
That is rubber-stamping the policy of Ascot to go out and actively | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
seek people from Australia and France and all over the world. We | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
have often had runners from France, Ireland, Hong Kong, but | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
particularly the Commonwealth nations. So having an Australian | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
interest makes it even more significant. You are so right. The | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
Commonwealth is so important to the Queen. The father saw himself as | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
the King of an empire but she is the Queen of the Commonwealth. As a | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
little girl she used to line up of was is outside our bedroom every | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
night. She used to feed and water them, take off their saddles, | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
polish them and play on her rocking-horse. She was an | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
incredibly enthusiastic rider right from a child. It was a dream come | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
true. When she was little she said that she would make sure that | :27:45. | :27:48. | |
forces had arrest on Sundays and nobody should dock their pony's | :27:48. | :27:58. | |
:27:58. | :28:02. | ||
tale. -- horses had a rest. And she is right. Horses never race on | :28:02. | :28:08. | |
Sundays. Thank you, cake. The horses are making their way into | :28:08. | :28:14. | |
the paddock itself. And we have the horses lining up for the Norfolk | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
Stakes. In terms of the big race, they have two-and-a-half miles | :28:19. | :28:24. | |
ahead of them for the Gold Cup. Who better to assess what jockeys | :28:24. | :28:34. | |
:28:34. | :28:46. | ||
should do over that distance? Mick also start for the sprints, and it | :28:46. | :28:51. | |
strikes fear that it is very uphill. This is a stiff racecourse. | :28:51. | :28:54. | |
Especially with the sprint races and the two-year-old. It climbs all | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
the time so you have to hang on to your horse and not let them run to | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
three. It dips down from the 3.5, for about three-quarters of a | :29:04. | :29:08. | |
furlong. Then it gradually climbs all the way to the winning post. | :29:08. | :29:14. | |
This is a stiff at six. What about the draw? It does not really matter. | :29:14. | :29:18. | |
You want to be drawn where the race will unfold, whether pacemakers and | :29:18. | :29:23. | |
best horses of. The ground itself is nice and level and there is no | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
bias. It is where the race unfolds. Enough about the sprints. What | :29:27. | :29:33. | |
about the Gold Cup? Does the draw make any difference? No. Get your | :29:33. | :29:43. | |
:29:43. | :29:50. | ||
horse relaxed because it is two- the course, how important is it to | :29:50. | :29:56. | |
have your horse balanced? You want to keep as close to the fence as | :29:56. | :30:00. | |
you can. It's a long way around. Going down the hill here, this is | :30:00. | :30:04. | |
where you have to get your horse nice and relaxed. Running down hill | :30:04. | :30:08. | |
is easy for him. As you can see, it is a fair little drop down there | :30:08. | :30:16. | |
and it keeps dropping all the way. When you get down there the ground | :30:16. | :30:23. | |
starts rising again. Lowest point of the course - here | :30:23. | :30:30. | |
at the sixth. What's going through your mind? This is where you have | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
kept your horse relaxed. And you start to think jockey stats coming | :30:34. | :30:41. | |
in. You think, can I wait longer or do I make ground? This is when it | :30:41. | :30:46. | |
starts coming in. What about the Carson route? When the ground gets | :30:46. | :30:51. | |
soft - you see all these trees here, they suck the moisture out of the | :30:51. | :30:56. | |
ground. One race I went down there on, I went on Barry and the race | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
stayed over there on the soft ground and I ended up winning the | :31:00. | :31:10. | |
:31:10. | :31:13. | ||
race. Lucky, wasn't it? This is a long bend. How do you | :31:13. | :31:17. | |
ride it? It gos to the two-and-a-half in the | :31:17. | :31:21. | |
straight. Basically, what you video to do is keep as close to that rail | :31:21. | :31:26. | |
-- what you have to do is keep as close to that rail, because that | :31:26. | :31:33. | |
will save ground. That is what the brave jockeys do. They get to that | :31:33. | :31:38. | |
tro-and-a-half. Then they go and find out and go and -- that two- | :31:38. | :31:43. | |
and-a-half, then they go and find out and go and win the race. | :31:43. | :31:51. | |
So far in the week, headliner on Wednesday was Frankel. Today at | :31:51. | :31:55. | |
3.45 it is Fame And Glory who bids to repeat his success of 12 months | :31:55. | :32:02. | |
ago. We can look at that now. The Derek Smith colours - the purple | :32:02. | :32:07. | |
and white. Similar conditions as we have this afternoon. A little bit | :32:07. | :32:12. | |
of moisture in the ground. As we watch the closing stages of this, | :32:12. | :32:16. | |
they are all to the end of their stamina limitations. It is class | :32:16. | :32:21. | |
that gets him through. There's no doubting that. | :32:21. | :32:28. | |
It shows you what this horse is capable of. He's quickened up in | :32:28. | :32:34. | |
the hands of Jamie Spencer. From here on in he's plugging on. A lot | :32:34. | :32:37. | |
of people may think he does not stay as well as some others, but | :32:37. | :32:43. | |
look at the rest, they are trailing. There is Opinion Poll. He renews | :32:44. | :32:51. | |
rivalry today. Yesterday he said he wanted the rain we've had overnight. | :32:51. | :32:56. | |
What about Saddler's Rock, briefly? You are quite impressed by him? | :32:56. | :33:03. | |
was. I just love his attitude. The worry would be the rain for him. | :33:03. | :33:09. | |
Jimmy Murtagh, he wants genuine fast ground. He won at Doncaster | :33:09. | :33:12. | |
last time around. There are a lot of horses in the race that deserve | :33:12. | :33:18. | |
a mention. They do. 3.45pm. The big race today. A race that lots of | :33:18. | :33:22. | |
horses over the years have come back and won again. Fame And Glory | :33:22. | :33:29. | |
is favourite today and is trying for his second Gold Cup. A strong | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
headwind which will make it harder for all those horses. | :33:35. | :33:42. | |
The Norfolk Stakes bell going for jockeys to get their legs up. | :33:42. | :33:47. | |
It let's take a check on the line- up for the Norfolk - our opening | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
race of Gold Cup day. And for a change, Clare, we don't | :33:52. | :33:56. | |
have as many runners. If you have had a bet it's been desperately | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
hard to sort out winners this week. This is also because of the ground, | :34:01. | :34:05. | |
a ground with ease in it. From here in the commentary position, I'm in | :34:05. | :34:08. | |
the best place, I think, to see right down the course and to see | :34:08. | :34:15. | |
all the action. I think we've got blenty today. The Ribblesdale, a | :34:15. | :34:22. | |
very interesting race. Second and third in the oaks. In the mean time, | :34:22. | :34:32. | |
:34:32. | :34:32. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds | :34:32. | :35:18. | |
Is he the horse he has chosen? has ultimately chosen him. I would | :35:18. | :35:23. | |
not split them. Mister Marc was very good. Had he chosen him he | :35:23. | :35:28. | |
would be a 7-2 chance. They both have a very good chance. Which one | :35:28. | :35:33. | |
- I know you said it is difficult to split. If someone asked to back | :35:33. | :35:39. | |
one, which one would you tell them to back? Honestly, I don't know. I | :35:39. | :35:46. | |
hope Annunciation goes well. Mister Marc, he's very fast. I honestly | :35:46. | :35:51. | |
could not split them. I know I say that, but I could not split them. | :35:51. | :35:59. | |
Back both of them? You do a dual- forecast. An exacter. I don't know | :35:59. | :36:05. | |
which way around. Thanks for talking to us. Thanks. What a | :36:05. | :36:07. | |
cracking renewal for the Norfolk Stakes. | :36:07. | :36:17. | |
:36:17. | :36:43. | ||
Craig Williams. Channon is the trainer. Mick thinks the world of | :36:43. | :36:50. | |
this colt. He thinks it is the best he has trained. They are all very | :36:50. | :36:56. | |
happy. Craig Williams gets the ride. I believe it's because the owner | :36:56. | :37:00. | |
would like him to ride this horse, because he's done so well for him | :37:00. | :37:04. | |
back in Australia. This owner, who is going to be the | :37:04. | :37:07. | |
big thing in English racing, he's buying a lot of horses and you | :37:07. | :37:13. | |
would have to think that they're going to be one of the big powerful | :37:13. | :37:16. | |
stables in the future. It is interesting, they have two runners | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
in this race T other one being Ahern. These colours will become | :37:22. | :37:26. | |
very well known and the Qatarry Royal Family putting their | :37:26. | :37:36. | |
:37:36. | :37:36. | ||
financial and emotional effort behind British racing. They'll have | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
hundreds of horses in a very short space of time. At the moment they | :37:40. | :37:45. | |
have just started. They have horses in a lot of stables. They have not | :37:45. | :37:50. | |
really, basically they haven't got a number one trainer... Yet, so far. | :37:50. | :37:57. | |
Obviously, at the start of things, that will happen. Possibly get a | :37:57. | :38:05. | |
lot of their horses. It is very exciting for British racing that | :38:06. | :38:09. | |
the Qatary Royal Family are having horses here in England and enjoying | :38:09. | :38:14. | |
it so much. All we can do is, I hope they have a very good time | :38:14. | :38:21. | |
with the sport of horse racing. there is a horse to beat, either of | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
the horses it may be Reckless Abandon, tipped by Willie Carson | :38:25. | :38:29. | |
and Mick Fitzgerald. He clearly knows he has to get a shift on. | :38:29. | :38:34. | |
Unfortunately down on the way to the start. That is a fair bit of | :38:34. | :38:39. | |
balance from Adam Kirby. He is one of the taller jockeys. His weight | :38:39. | :38:43. | |
shifting over there, as he struggles to keep Reckless Abandon | :38:43. | :38:46. | |
under control. That is what happens with these babies. They have been | :38:47. | :38:53. | |
taught to go flat out, as it were. It's always a big job with the | :38:53. | :38:56. | |
paddock. His second ever time. There are a lot of people here | :38:56. | :39:01. | |
today. You can see he's relaxed now. Where he is now, Clare, is very | :39:01. | :39:06. | |
quiet down there. We get all the hustle and bustle and the noise up | :39:06. | :39:10. | |
by the stands. When you get to the two furlongs and down to the six, | :39:10. | :39:15. | |
it is very, very quiet. These two year olds will walk this last | :39:15. | :39:21. | |
section. We will pick up a few other runners. This is Cay Verde - | :39:21. | :39:25. | |
this is the favourite. A little shifting coming up. We'll have loot | :39:25. | :39:31. | |
look at it. As Craig Williams just said, right, we'll trot down | :39:31. | :39:36. | |
beautifully, lovely trotting style. He's letting the horse dictate to | :39:36. | :39:40. | |
him when he wants to break into the trot and canter. Let the horse do | :39:41. | :39:47. | |
it on your own and you will go down there slower. Those are very smart | :39:47. | :39:52. | |
colours. The smartest and the most prestigious colours to wear are the | :39:52. | :39:56. | |
colours of Her Majesty the queen. They will be carried by Hayley | :39:56. | :40:02. | |
Turner. Hayley Turner will be the first | :40:02. | :40:08. | |
women to bid to ride a winner at Royal Ascot for a since a long time | :40:08. | :40:18. | |
:40:18. | :40:29. | ||
last time the queen won the Ribblesdale stake was 1995, Dettori | :40:29. | :40:36. | |
was on board. What chance do you think you'll have today? She has | :40:36. | :40:43. | |
great form, obviously from Newbury - a messy race. A lot of fillies | :40:43. | :40:47. | |
that ran in that race have come out and tried to prove themselves again. | :40:47. | :40:52. | |
A lot could put a line through it. No, her form is there. She's fresh | :40:52. | :41:00. | |
and well. She's - yeah, there's no reason why she couldn't. What is it | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
like donning the royal silks in jubilee year? It is a huge honour. | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
I am very lucky to have been associated with the filly from the | :41:08. | :41:13. | |
start and get a ride on her. I am hugely grateful. Are you used by, | :41:13. | :41:18. | |
by you, seeing Her Majesty in the paddock and chatting with her or do | :41:18. | :41:23. | |
you get butterflies and on your Ps and Qs? Yes, obviously. It is very | :41:24. | :41:28. | |
nice to be out there. She is very relaxed and loves to talk about her | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
horses. She's very knowledgeable. I have met her a few times now. I'm | :41:33. | :41:43. | |
:41:43. | :41:52. | ||
getting into a routine. I disturbed mention Annunciation, not because I | :41:52. | :41:58. | |
think he has a big chance, but also because he was bred by the students | :41:58. | :42:04. | |
of Oxford Brooks. It is their graduation day today. They will be | :42:04. | :42:07. | |
watching and cheering on Annunciation. Not without a chance | :42:07. | :42:14. | |
either. As we've heard from the handling | :42:14. | :42:20. | |
camp, they don't know which is the best horse. That is always in the | :42:20. | :42:25. | |
race ing - if you cannot choose which one is the best, it means | :42:25. | :42:35. | |
:42:35. | :42:35. | ||
both are none good. Joesy O'Brien on board Gale Force Ten. | :42:35. | :42:44. | |
It is his second runner it since 2007. Not a race he often targets. | :42:45. | :42:54. | |
:42:55. | :42:57. | ||
It is unusual, the breeding of Gale Force Ten. By Oasis Dream and | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
Kirkwell was a mile-and-a-half. You have to think when it gets to six | :43:02. | :43:06. | |
and seven and one mile, it will be a better horse. He ran over six | :43:06. | :43:15. | |
last time. He's dropping back in distance today. I would say, on its | :43:15. | :43:21. | |
pedigree, they are taking a chance running it over five furlongs. This | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
shower of rain will help its cause. Look at the neck and shoulder on | :43:25. | :43:31. | |
Mister Marc. Strong. He look like a three-year-old in the paddock. Very | :43:31. | :43:35. | |
mature for his age. Another one dropping back from six furlongs to | :43:35. | :43:39. | |
five. They have to be sharp off the mark here, because with a lot of | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
two year olds some trainers do it more than others at home in terms | :43:43. | :43:49. | |
of putting them in the stalls but in Australia they have barrier | :43:49. | :43:52. | |
trials, so they work out of stalls before they get on a racecourse and | :43:52. | :44:02. | |
:44:02. | :44:10. | ||
start having money put on them. you make of this race, Jim? Well, I | :44:10. | :44:15. | |
think Clare, that Cay Verde will be the one to beat. The reports are | :44:15. | :44:22. | |
very, very good. The winner of his last two starts, | :44:22. | :44:27. | |
and purchased by the Qatar racing Limited. So, they are moving | :44:27. | :44:37. | |
:44:37. | :44:43. | ||
forward. The last couple for this Ahern. Storm Moon on the near side | :44:43. | :44:50. | |
in the early stages. In the centre, followed by Mister Marc. Further | :44:50. | :44:55. | |
back in the field, Jubilee Brig. In that bunch is Gale Force Ten. | :44:55. | :45:00. | |
Change of colours on Ian's Dream. Tracking them is Ahern. On the near | :45:00. | :45:06. | |
side, the leader of his Cay Verde. In the black cab in the centre is | :45:06. | :45:15. | |
Reckless Abandon. They start to merge, the two groups. Coming up to | :45:15. | :45:19. | |
a furlong and a half. Gale Force Ten is in a look. Reckless Abandon | :45:19. | :45:27. | |
running erratic live. Cay Verde, Morawij. It is Reckless Abandon, in | :45:27. | :45:33. | |
the centre. Down the far side... They hit the line and it is very | :45:33. | :45:42. | |
close. Riders abandon and Gale Force Ten and Ian's Dream. Just | :45:42. | :45:47. | |
behind them Ahern and Cay Verde. Further back Ocean Applause. Storm | :45:47. | :45:52. | |
Moon. Annunciation at the tail of the field. This caused ran so | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
erratic live. Look how wide apart they are. Near side, he has won | :45:57. | :46:02. | |
comfortably in the end and you can see it from this angle. That is | :46:02. | :46:09. | |
Reckless Abandon. He has won over Gale Force Ten. Close third is | :46:09. | :46:13. | |
Ian's Dream. Different colours to what was shown in the Racing Post. | :46:13. | :46:21. | |
In green. On the near side, Morawij in the yellow. Bertie Aherne miss | :46:21. | :46:31. | |
:46:31. | :46:31. | ||
the start of his run. Cay Verde was on the wrong side, really. They | :46:31. | :46:39. | |
were clear of Ocean Applause. Mister Marc has not run his race | :46:39. | :46:49. | |
:46:49. | :46:50. | ||
today. He was very close to the others previously. Clive Cox has | :46:50. | :46:55. | |
trained the winner. That is Reckless Abandon. He raced so | :46:55. | :46:59. | |
erratic live. Goodness knows how far he would have gone if he had | :46:59. | :47:05. | |
gone straight. He was violently to his left. Adam Kirby, being | :47:05. | :47:13. | |
congratulated by Clive Cox. His 9th win of the season. Adam Kirby's 14. | :47:13. | :47:23. | |
:47:23. | :47:37. | ||
Reckless Abandon was the 4-1 winner. Fours, 16th 8. This is the first | :47:37. | :47:44. | |
Royal Ascot winner for Adam Kirby. It is the first time Clive Cox has | :47:44. | :47:47. | |
been successful in a two-year-old race. This colt has lots of ability | :47:47. | :47:50. | |
but stop look at him veering to the left, despite Adam Kirby having the | :47:51. | :47:55. | |
whip in his left hand. He is trying to keep him straight. He does not | :47:55. | :48:00. | |
get any further to the rail. When he came across the front of Neil | :48:00. | :48:03. | |
Callan, it was a worrying moment for those that have backed Reckless | :48:03. | :48:07. | |
Abandon, following the advice from Willie Carson and Mick Fitzgerald. | :48:07. | :48:13. | |
They were right. Yes. He did exactly the same when he beat | :48:13. | :48:17. | |
Annunciation at Doncaster. This is a bigger track than Doncaster, so | :48:17. | :48:22. | |
we have to go across a little bit. Adam Kirby with his stick in the | :48:22. | :48:29. | |
left hand. He cannot go over the rail now because he is right hard | :48:29. | :48:36. | |
up against it. I believe it is an American stallion. He is from a | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
mare that is all his speed. He is bred to be a five or six furlong | :48:40. | :48:47. | |
horse. I imagine this horse will be taking it very fast in two-year-old | :48:47. | :48:52. | |
races. An amazing performance. We will talk later about why horses | :48:52. | :48:59. | |
might do that. We will look at that with our analysis team. Adam Kirby | :48:59. | :49:04. | |
coming in on board Reckless Abandon, still full of running. No energy | :49:04. | :49:11. | |
wasted there! Just nervous. His heart rate will be very high at the | :49:11. | :49:21. | |
:49:21. | :49:26. | ||
moment. That time is actually 2.24 seconds slower than the Queen Mary | :49:26. | :49:32. | |
yesterday. That indicates exactly how the rain has got into the | :49:32. | :49:41. | |
ground on this course. When they are wide apart like that, it looks | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
like it is much closer, of course. They were all over the shop there. | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
They were stretched right across the track in a furlong. Eight of | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
them in a line. Two of three different groups and I do not think | :49:55. | :50:01. | |
it was helping the inexperienced youngsters. Especially the winner. | :50:01. | :50:06. | |
If he had had a bit of company, he might have won by further. | :50:06. | :50:16. | |
:50:16. | :50:17. | ||
Certainly company for longer. He needed it. He really did need that. | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
Let's check the full result of our first race on day three, the | :50:21. | :50:31. | |
:50:31. | :50:32. | ||
Norfolk Stakes. Good weather for Clive Cox. Reckless Abandon wins. | :50:32. | :50:41. | |
There was a �5,000 bet on Reckless Abandon and well done to them. | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
Force Ten has run well on the far side. Ian's Dream not far away as | :50:46. | :50:52. | |
well. Morawij finished 4th. Another one that needed a bit more company | :50:52. | :51:02. | |
:51:02. | :51:06. | ||
for longer. Cay Verde was another one. It did not help that they did | :51:06. | :51:12. | |
not have these for long enough. Reports from jockeys that have come | :51:13. | :51:17. | |
in, saying it is on the soft side of good. I suppose that time | :51:17. | :51:23. | |
indicates that as well. Clive Cox is the winning trainer for a good | :51:23. | :51:31. | |
team. He is here now. Yes, his third Royal Ascot winner. This has | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
given you some butterflies in the closing stages. Just a bit! He did | :51:35. | :51:40. | |
it on his first start. He is still a bit green. In a normal spring he | :51:40. | :51:44. | |
would have had a couple of runs. Over the moon. A great team effort | :51:44. | :51:48. | |
to have the horse here in this kind of order. I'm delighted for its | :51:49. | :51:51. | |
Stephen Farrow and Julie dead men, because they have been great | :51:51. | :51:58. | |
supporters. The ability that he has shown, winning despite wandering | :51:58. | :52:02. | |
about, it gives you encouragement and excitement for the future. | :52:02. | :52:06. | |
is talented, very talented. This guy has done a grand job on him on | :52:06. | :52:10. | |
both counts and we are very proud of him. He is doing a good job. | :52:10. | :52:15. | |
Well done. You hang on to run in the closing stages. What happened | :52:15. | :52:21. | |
on your perspective? -- you hung on to home. I just felt him. I just | :52:21. | :52:25. | |
felt him. I had my stick in my left because I wanted to bring him over | :52:25. | :52:29. | |
to the right to keep him away from the crowd on the left. When you won | :52:29. | :52:33. | |
last time he just runs around. He is just a big baby. He just ran | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
left straight away. It was very special. Is it possible to work out | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
just how much ground his erratic behaviour cost to? Too much! | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
too much for the horses behind you. He has given away a lot of ground | :52:50. | :52:55. | |
when he does that. But it will be sorted, yes. How much improvement | :52:55. | :53:00. | |
does he have in him? In it is just being green. Most of my horses | :53:00. | :53:05. | |
improve with racing. He has that tendency. He knows that we are on | :53:06. | :53:09. | |
the track again. In a normal spring we would have had a couple of runs | :53:09. | :53:12. | |
under our belt, but this year we have had to come here a little bit | :53:12. | :53:19. | |
more, you know, that is the way we are. Your first win at Royal Ascot. | :53:19. | :53:24. | |
What does it mean? A lot. I thought he was coming here with a great | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
chance. Now that he has won, I am delighted. Well done to both of you. | :53:30. | :53:37. | |
Congratulations. A very fast pace in our first race of the day. One | :53:37. | :53:43. | |
of them missed the start and got hampered. Ahern comes here. He | :53:43. | :53:47. | |
jumps around. There is a slight concertina effect. The horse in | :53:48. | :53:54. | |
nine it comes out. He shifts to the left of your screen. It just means | :53:55. | :54:01. | |
that a whole bunch of them get in front of Ahern, which is his chance | :54:01. | :54:09. | |
gone. Yes. There is no comeback in these speed races. He is only a | :54:09. | :54:13. | |
young horse. Only his second racecourse appearance. This is him | :54:13. | :54:21. | |
in the closing stages. This is Morawij. Neil Callan on the extreme | :54:21. | :54:26. | |
right. He gets slightly hampered. Both of these, one furlong further, | :54:26. | :54:30. | |
you still want to be interested in them despite defeat today. I spoke | :54:30. | :54:34. | |
to Neil Callan when he came back in. I think his face tells the story. | :54:34. | :54:38. | |
He is gutted because his horse ran an absolute blinder and got beaten. | :54:38. | :54:42. | |
He thought he was getting the upper hand with the horse on his right, | :54:42. | :54:47. | |
but when they came across it did not help them. He just felt he was | :54:47. | :54:50. | |
unlucky on the day. And he is marooned in the middle. He has | :54:50. | :54:54. | |
nothing to raise with. The horse is trying its best. He might be able | :54:54. | :54:58. | |
to find a bit more but there is no reason to do so because there is | :54:58. | :55:01. | |
nothing to get past. The winner had the rail to guide them all the way | :55:02. | :55:09. | |
home. Morawij and Ahern, beaten today but they still have futures. | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
An extra furlong might help them. The presentation is being made by | :55:13. | :55:17. | |
Katherine Jenkins, who sang the national anthems are beautifully on | :55:17. | :55:25. | |
Derby day. Stephen Farrow, the owner of Reckless Abandon. | :55:25. | :55:30. | |
Receiving that trophy. Clive Cox paying tribute to them in terms of | :55:30. | :55:32. | |
supporting them through the training career. That always helps | :55:32. | :55:36. | |
when you have got owners that can cope with the bad times as well as | :55:36. | :55:40. | |
the good ones and are fun to be around. Katherine Jenkins, only 23 | :55:40. | :55:45. | |
when she signed her UK classical recording deal. The biggest deal | :55:45. | :55:50. | |
ever done. Was it? What about that hat? Would you like one. It is like | :55:50. | :55:55. | |
an umbrella. I would like one like that. We can get you one as well | :55:55. | :56:01. | |
and you can make, it's just like that with the fashion team! News | :56:01. | :56:05. | |
just in with Frankel. They have given him a new rating. 140. Well | :56:05. | :56:14. | |
done! In a modern day ratings, the highest ever was 141. Frankel could | :56:14. | :56:20. | |
set a new record. I think he will. Black Caviar might be impressive on | :56:20. | :56:26. | |
Saturday, and her racing will go up as well. She was four behind him, | :56:26. | :56:33. | |
134 when he was 138. She cannot skip him. She cannot but it is | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
really impressive. The competition in the race is not good enough for | :56:37. | :56:41. | |
her to go up by that amount. They will have to do the ratings on what | :56:41. | :56:48. | |
she beats and by how much. I would say on the race on Saturday, the | :56:48. | :56:53. | |
competition is not as strong as people like myself would like. We | :56:53. | :56:57. | |
would like her to be up against the real stars. We have got confirmed | :56:57. | :57:00. | |
runners for the Diamond Jubilee, 15 of them, and Black Caviar are drawn | :57:00. | :57:06. | |
15 of 15. We will talk about that race later in the afternoon. Let's | :57:06. | :57:12. | |
look at the fashion with Suzi Perry. We're just looking around the Royal | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
Enclosure, which is a bit different. None of this was here when I was | :57:16. | :57:21. | |
doing this. It was all fields. weather is being kind. It is. For | :57:21. | :57:25. | |
many years I did it addressed perfectly from top to bottom, with | :57:25. | :57:31. | |
Wellington boots at the bottom! -- dressed perfectly. Let's have a | :57:31. | :57:37. | |
look at how it was when you were here. Helen looked delightful, too, | :57:37. | :57:44. | |
in one of the big colours of this year, blue. An Austrian effect with | :57:44. | :57:51. | |
an embroidered back and a big bow. I hope that is somebody that he is | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
closely related to! The Leopards in effect and the disco effect. I | :57:55. | :57:59. | |
rather like the outfit on the right. A belt with bullets like she is | :57:59. | :58:05. | |
going on safari. This is the Spanish look. She could take off | :58:05. | :58:12. | |
any of those different levels and shorten and length and her dress. | :58:12. | :58:16. | |
Do you know what a are a is? It is a short skirt like the Mini skirts | :58:16. | :58:22. | |
of the 60s but with frills. It is based on the cheerleaders of | :58:22. | :58:27. | |
America. They are short. That is what interests most men but they | :58:27. | :58:33. | |
are very fashionable. I love that! It is straight out of Dynasty. | :58:33. | :58:38. | |
you can see, I was prematurely blond! The fashion was so different. | :58:38. | :58:45. | |
Bobbies do that was the 80s. shoulder pads, the power dressing, | :58:45. | :58:49. | |
then it in skirts, all made for a spot, if you think about it. This | :58:49. | :58:53. | |
is black and white. That is traditional for Ladies' Day. You're | :58:53. | :58:57. | |
quite cheeky with your comments. was so different then. No cameras | :58:57. | :59:01. | |
were allowed at ground level because so many really nice uncles | :59:01. | :59:07. | |
took their very pretty nieces and did not want to be filmed at Ascot. | :59:07. | :59:10. | |
Everything was shot from the road. You could not actually go up to | :59:10. | :59:15. | |
somebody and say hello. When I say I hope that man is related to her, | :59:15. | :59:19. | |
there were all sorts of naughty things going on. You had to | :59:19. | :59:23. | |
broadcast for 10 or 15 minutes on your own, just commenting on what | :59:23. | :59:29. | |
you saw. Idea of heaven, most women's idea of heaven! You can say | :59:29. | :59:34. | |
what you like. The BBC said to me before I started that I was not to | :59:34. | :59:38. | |
get them sued. So if somebody turned up in pink and screaming | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
white, and green spots, I had to say it was very brave. At the | :59:43. | :59:48. | |
beginning, when I started, there were no DVDs. Nobody really saw | :59:48. | :59:52. | |
what you were doing. Their friends might have seen it at home. Ones | :59:52. | :59:55. | |
everybody got videos, they all watched and then they said the next | :59:55. | :00:05. | |
:00:05. | :00:08. | ||
day, I love what you said about my there, Ascot, apart from the racing | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
which is so terrific - it is about people watching? And behaving very | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
badly. For example, jockeys. I don't want to go into this too | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
deeply about why women might fancy jockeys, but they did. I would go | :00:23. | :00:28. | |
to many of the great jockeys at the time and they were sent button | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
holes and the more expensive and rarer the orchid, the richer the | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
woman was or maybe her husband was. They were pursued. Really quite | :00:36. | :00:44. | |
interesting. They had their own stalkers? Absolutely. At the time | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
people would dress up to get photographed by the papers. For a | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
while, Ascot is where you came if you wanted to get your picture in | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
the papers. You would dress up and all the film stars would come, even | :00:58. | :01:05. | |
ones from America, to be filmed here. Did you find, even then, | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
there was a commercial aspect, that people would dress up to advertise | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
things. Sometimes not subtlety. There were a raft of girls who came | :01:15. | :01:23. | |
in St. Trinian's outfits, that is when they got strike, as they have | :01:23. | :01:31. | |
-- strict, as they have this year. Julian Wilson, who worked here for | :01:31. | :01:37. | |
many years - it's his birthday. Happy birthday. Her Majesty, the | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
Queen has made her way into the paddock and will chat to the | :01:42. | :01:51. | |
trainer of movement movement. Her runner in the Ribblesdale. | :01:51. | :01:59. | |
Whatever any filly does this week, the superstar mare of the week is | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
Black Caviar. On Saturday it is a six-furlong sprint. We have 15 | :02:06. | :02:16. | |
:02:16. | :02:17. | ||
runners for it. The odds-on- favourite is Black Caviar. | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Moonlight Cloud is the second favourite. We have last year's | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
winner, Society Rock, at 9-1. They are very good, consistent | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
trainers. They are 20 and upwards because Black Caviar is such a | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
short price. I wonder if she will shorten up? I will hand you over to | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
John. He has a man who knows all about Black Caviar. | :02:48. | :02:58. | |
:02:58. | :02:59. | ||
You are from Australian TV. What is Black KaveVy yar -- -- Caviar. | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
is the best in our part of the world. She's up there with the best | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
horses in the world. A great effort by the team to binge her to this | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
Royal Meeting. She's won 21 on the trot. Going for 22 on Saturday. | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
When did the Australian public realise they have a superstar? | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
or six runs in. It was the whole package, the trainer, the jockey | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
and the significance of the colours, of the names. It's quite a unique | :03:29. | :03:35. | |
experience. She's becoming a punting phenomenon back home as | :03:35. | :03:44. | |
well. How much have they had on? Sydney one-and-a-half million | :03:44. | :03:50. | |
Australian dollars. Some of the biggest punters in Australia are | :03:50. | :04:00. | |
:04:00. | :04:01. | ||
taking the shortest ods, as short as 20-1. Keeping tickets as | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
momentos. It goes back to the industry. There's the Federation | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
Square, is it 1am? 12.45am. This morning in Melbourne, it was | :04:13. | :04:23. | |
:04:23. | :04:24. | ||
snowing in the other suburbs. Three Celsius. People will be cheering on | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
watching here. There is a black cab? He has called it the Black | :04:29. | :04:37. | |
Caviar. He has been taking owners around the functions here. Back | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
home in Australia you see the trend-setting. 2-7 - that's luxury | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
odds. Will she win? She will win. It will not be a Frankel-like | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
demolition it doesn't have to be. Make sure we cap off this wonderful | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
week. On to her at the weekend. 7,500 | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
Australians here with tickets. They would think 2-7 is the most | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
attractive price. The last starts she's been 20's on. An | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
extraordinary price. I can't wait to see it. Nor can I. We will learn | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
more about her when we see her on the racecourse here in the UK for | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
:05:30. | :05:31. | ||
the first time. She's won 21 races in a row. She's unbeaten. She's | :05:31. | :05:41. | |
:05:41. | :06:10. | ||
broken the ten second barrier. I would not necessarily... I could | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
get called Nelly the elephant, before anyone else says it. | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
said about going to the beach. That's quite normal for a lot of | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
Australian horses because they train near the sea and it's hot | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
weather. A lot of trainers do like to take their horses down and, you | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
know, to the beach and let the horses have a paddle. Some horses | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
do swim. They go for a swim in the sea. They do enjoy it. You saw that | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
shot of her there in the Lycra suit. You might have wondered what that | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
was, that is what she travelled over in. It is like wearing the | :06:47. | :06:57. | |
:06:57. | :07:02. | ||
socks on the plane for deep vein. Momentary has a great chance. The | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
Queen's filly, who will be ridden by Hayley Turner. There she is, in | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
the Queen's colour. Now she has got those famous colours on. Talking of | :07:13. | :07:23. | |
:07:23. | :07:23. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds | :07:23. | :08:03. | |
colour, this is what it looks like deal's stakes. | :08:03. | :08:13. | |
:08:13. | :08:14. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds | :08:14. | :09:24. | |
here for this the Ribblesdale. The owner, for whom she is riding - Her | :09:24. | :09:31. | |
Majesty the queen and John Warren and Hayley Turner explaining what | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
she thinks might happen in this race and the trainer of this filly, | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
whose form is turning out well. Shirocco Star lines up again today. | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
It is the Irish filly... My word - that was bad positioning from me, | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
right next to the bell. That is the signal for Hayley Turner to leave | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
that gathering. There are the princesses there and the Princess | :10:03. | :10:11. | |
Royal, all hoping this filly lives up to expectations. Ran as well as | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
Charlton House yesterday. Amongst the opposition, Michael Hill is | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
making his way through there, riding for Charlie. He's looking | :10:19. | :10:26. | |
for his first Royal Ascot winner. Very famous colours here. | :10:26. | :10:36. | |
Roger Charlton going across to give Pat Smullen, sorry James Doyle, | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
James Doyle doing so well. A lot of how these fillies look on | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
the day. It's been a very difficult spring because they are sensitive | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
to the weather changes and with so much rain around and not enough sun | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
to bring their coats out, the best clues are from what they look like | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
in the paddock. We start by talking about The Fuge, | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
who is wondering around us now. -- who is wandering around us now. | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
Normally the Oaks fillies are normally tired. We have an extra | :11:14. | :11:20. | |
week this year... 20 days. They have an extra bit of time to get | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
over their exertions at Epsom. And The Fuge, she is, well we saw what | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
happened, she finished third in the Oaks. Everybody said she was so | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
unlucky because she met interference after a furlong-and-a- | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
half. Everybody will think she has a great chance. I do myself, | :11:38. | :11:48. | |
:11:48. | :11:51. | ||
actually. OK, a horse who has ability, number six, Kailani. | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
looks disinterested in what's going on in the paddock. There's another | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
one who ran at Epsom in the Oaks and found interference and they | :12:00. | :12:10. | |
expect a belter run. Number 14, Vow. They said she did not handle Epsom. | :12:10. | :12:18. | |
She looks in great nick. She is small, she is stocky, strong and | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
she looks in good order with herself. | :12:21. | :12:31. | |
What about this for a musical line up Lord Lloyd Webber and Catherine | :12:31. | :12:38. | |
Jenkins. The big question is - what is The Fuge? A musical... The Ascot | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
authority does not give us a piano here when we could have | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
demonstrated it. I backed it any way. She did look unlucky in the | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
Oaks? Well, who knows what happens there. One's lips are sealed. It is | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
a strong field today. I would be really pleased if she does all | :12:59. | :13:05. | |
right. It is fantastic to see you. You are becoming a regular at the | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
races? It is my first time on Ladies' Day. I have brought my mum | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
and sister. We're having a brilliant time. You will watch this | :13:15. | :13:23. | |
with Lord Lloyd Webber. I will. She's my talisman. The favourite | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
for this race is The Fuge. We will look at two bits of film. The first | :13:28. | :13:35. | |
bit is the reason she lost the race. She is in the centre there. You see, | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
she has at this stage basically four horses ahead of her. In the | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
next eight seconds, that is about to go horribly wrong. The Fuge | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
becomes the meat in the sandwich. She is squeezed out. You can see | :13:50. | :14:00. | |
:14:00. | :14:07. | ||
William Buick does well. She almost unbalanced and she's at the back of | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
the field. Now, the thing to remember, for all of these horses | :14:11. | :14:14. | |
in the Oaks, this is and will forever be the biggest race of | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
their lives. So nobody's giving anybody any inch of ground. Here | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
she is now having to make her ground, coming from the back there. | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
There's star star star and there is Vow. They are all renewing rivalry | :14:26. | :14:29. | |
today. Here is how far The Fugue is back and how much ground she has to | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
make up. She's having to make ground all the time in the race. | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
This is a crucial point in the race where the camera is at its worst | :14:40. | :14:50. | |
:14:50. | :15:00. | ||
position. She gets unbalanced here. Epsom but this was particularly so, | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
got stopped twice. Shirocco Star is ahead of her there | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
and Vow in the light blue in the next position. She won three races | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
in the space of five weeks though and now she's back here so it's not | :15:14. | :15:21. | |
an easy task. It's not. Let's see how she gets on. | :15:21. | :15:31. | |
:15:31. | :15:52. | ||
It's sometimes dangerous to assume that when a filly looks unlucky in | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
a race she'll turn around the form with the ones that finished in | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
front of her. If you take her win, she has good form and she looked as | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
though she'd finish closer. She has the most beautiful long stride. A | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
lovely filly. Might look a little bit lighter than at Epsom, but her | :16:12. | :16:20. | |
win at York was very, very good when she won there. Her form in the | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
Guineas as well. She wasn't beaten too far in. That is class form, you | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
know, a classic. Then she was unlucky, not beaten too far at | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
Epsom. Let's have a quick look at Vow. Good form here coming from the | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
Oaks in which she finished fourth. Won her first two start bfrs that. | :16:39. | :16:47. | |
Bred by Brian Haggis, the father of William who trains her -- before | :16:48. | :16:54. | |
that. They won this race once, a 20-1 shot. She's looking up there, | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
she must have spotted a plane coming out of Heathrow. Spotted | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
something in the air. But she's a very attractive filly, very strong. | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
What are they doing here? Putting on the Monty Roberts. Oh, yes to go | :17:08. | :17:18. | |
in the stalls. This is Pink Damsel. She's clearly got loose - oh, no, | :17:18. | :17:26. | |
looks as if Jamie Spencer's there with her. A saddle problem or | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
leathers. He's doing something with his lethest. That's the | :17:30. | :17:35. | |
photographer helping out. They are only by the furlong marker there -- | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
leathers. His leather's obviously come out of the pin. It's OK now. | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
Now he needs to get a leg up now. Oh. He doesn't want to get a leg up. | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
I think he's going to run along with her. We may have a little bit | :17:49. | :17:57. | |
of a delay here. Here we go. Here's the head girl for Roger putting him | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
up. She'll sort him out, tell him what to do. She's a tough girl. | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
Whoops. Let's join Rishi. We have the chance to get a word with the | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
trainer of Kailani now. A disappointing performance in the | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
Oaks but were there mitigating circumstances? Everything went | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
against her, we thought it would be a nice pace. We thought the | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
decision was to ask her when was the right time to finish. They were | :18:31. | :18:37. | |
just slow, it didn't work. We will just forget that race, yes. How has | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
she been since then? Is she over her exertions from Epsom? Yes, | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
she's in good form and doing everything in the right way and I'm | :18:45. | :18:55. | |
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really happen by her. She worked well last week. This filly still | :18:55. | :19:02. | |
has the class. We always believe that. She's shown something. She | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
deserves a chance today. When she won aleyed race at Newmarket, she | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
won it in soft ground, so the overnight rain very much to her | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
advantage? Yes, I agree. To be honest, if she's good, she'll so us | :19:16. | :19:22. | |
today, no excuses there. Thank you very much. All the best. | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
A quick update on Pink Damsel. Safely there but clearly quite | :19:27. | :19:34. | |
wound up, suiting and got herself in a state. Let's have a look at | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
Shirocco Star. She finished closest to the winner. She's got herself a | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
bit fractious. She's always like that, Clare. She's a bit of a girl | :19:45. | :19:51. | |
and she gets herself very excited. This is very normal for her so I | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
wouldn't worry too much about this. I remember Rishi said things at | :19:55. | :20:00. | |
Epsom about her getting too excited. Complete contrast in attitude and | :20:00. | :20:10. | |
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temperament, Momentary being very calm and she looks a sweet filly. | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
Her Majesty the Queen bred this horse and Hayley Turner is trying | :20:17. | :20:26. | |
to be the second lady to win a race at the Royal meeting. A few more | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
going forward now. In terms of how you think the race will pan out, | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
Willie, how do you read it? Interesting to see what the jockeys | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
do in this case. I don't think they'll pile down on the inside | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
rail because the ground on the round course will be a lot slower | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
than it is on the straight course. So I would imagine the ground's | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
going to be soft where they are going down. They might fan out a | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
little down the hill here. They won't all piley on to the inside. | :20:55. | :21:03. | |
Interesting to see what they do. There's Princess Highway, the Irish | :21:03. | :21:12. | |
filly. They're expecting a big run from her. Her mother won this race | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
many years ago. The Fugue will be one of the last ones in. Let's go | :21:19. | :21:26. | |
to Jim for the race. Can Hayley Turner do this? They're | :21:26. | :21:33. | |
set, ready and running. In the centre first away is Twirl going | :21:33. | :21:43. | |
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very fast. Out deep. Dinvar Diva. Hazel Lavery. Salford Art. Deep on | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
the track, Dinvar Diva now starting to try and improve. Well back in | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
the field, Momentary. Hayley Turner in the centre. Trapped very wide of | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
the rear is Princess Highway. Not going fast enough for some of these | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
back in the pack. On the inside next is Pink Damsel. Followed by | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
Kailani out the back with Chella Thriller. It's Vow on the inside | :22:11. | :22:19. | |
that shows the way from Shirocco Star. Dinvar Diva. Tucked away, | :22:19. | :22:25. | |
Hazel Lavery. Twirl. They race down into Swindley Bottom, followed by | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
The Fugue, who's travelled on the inside here. Further back in the | :22:31. | :22:41. | |
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field, Inchina. Princess Highway. Pink Damsel. Momentary's been | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
shuffled back from Kailani and last is Chella Thriller. Pulling up | :22:48. | :22:53. | |
towards home and Shirocco Star the runner-up at Epsom kicks on by two | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
lengths. Dinvar Diva is second. Three lengths in advance of Vow. | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
Behind them is Twirl on the outside. Followed by Kailani being pushed | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
along. Hazel Lavery. The Fugue is getting the run at the centre now. | :23:07. | :23:16. | |
With six lengths to make up. Princess Highway to the outside. | :23:16. | :23:23. | |
Kailani. Inchina. Dam dam Pink Damsel. They now straighten up for | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
home. Shirocco Star's slipped the field, gone about five lengths in | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
front. Vow. Princess Highway down the outside and The Fugue getting | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
into the clear as well. They race up inside the two furlong marker | :23:36. | :23:42. | |
now and Shirocco Star's still there. They are starting to close and | :23:42. | :23:47. | |
Princess Highway is sprinting to the lead. Three lengths in front. | :23:48. | :23:54. | |
Shirocco Star. The Fugue. The Fugue running fairly well. It's a win for | :23:54. | :24:01. | |
Ireland in the Ribblesdale as Princess Highway wins by about five. | :24:01. | :24:10. | |
Tight second, The Fugue and Shirocco Star in a photo. Twirl and | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
Vow. Kailani was well back. Followed by Hazel Lavery. Kailani. | :24:16. | :24:23. | |
Out the back, Inchina, followed by Pink Damsel. So far behind if | :24:23. | :24:28. | |
others, Chella Thriller -- the others. And Dinvar Diva. No doubt | :24:28. | :24:36. | |
about the winner, number 9, Princess Highway. Trained in | :24:36. | :24:46. | |
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Ireland at the Curragh. Ridden by pat mulen. It's won by a street. -- | :24:47. | :24:57. | |
Mullen. Looks like The Fugue has second. Holland in fourth. Salford | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
Art, Paul Hanagan and a gap to Twirl who was up there for most of | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
the way and then got a little bit weary. Let's check the others. Vow | :25:07. | :25:14. | |
couldn't go on at all. And then a gap to Kailani who also didn't | :25:14. | :25:22. | |
figure. We were saying how unlucky she was at Epsom. Hazel Lavery who | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
got tired Inchina wasn't quick enough. Still the others are coming. | :25:29. | :25:36. | |
They were so far by hind. There's Pink Damsel. Momentary was well | :25:36. | :25:43. | |
back. So too Chella Thriller. But Dermot on the near side chatting | :25:43. | :25:49. | |
there and a man who's travelled the world and also trained a winner of | :25:49. | :25:59. | |
:25:59. | :26:13. | ||
the American triple crown carrying back -- Smullen coming back. | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
Fantastic job. She's blitzed them and made it a winning hat trick. | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
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In doing so, this filly follows in the footsteps of her dad. Her | :26:32. | :26:41. | |
daughter does the same now. We pick it up now. Making stealthy progress, | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
smulen hasn't had to go for the whip here. The Fugue has run well, | :26:44. | :26:49. | |
not well enough, and this winner is a very, very creditable and fair | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
winner of this race, don't you think? Very good winner of the race. | :26:56. | :27:04. | |
Maybe the ground would have gone for her, it's a very good family. | :27:04. | :27:11. | |
She won the race, the same race as another horse who won the race last | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
year, so at the same... Also didn't she beat... And third that day was | :27:17. | :27:24. | |
the filly who won our Oaks. This form is very good and that's the | :27:24. | :27:34. | |
:27:34. | :27:34. | ||
reason why she's won a long way. Second and thirld were very close | :27:34. | :27:41. | |
together. Salford Art finished well, you know. Yes, Shirocco Star's run | :27:41. | :27:48. | |
a great race. Strong staying stallion. That's why they rode her | :27:48. | :27:55. | |
for Stam nafplt it just didn't work. This filly is very, very good | :27:55. | :28:00. | |
indeed -- stamina. You saw the celebrations there, Smullen | :28:00. | :28:04. | |
remaining calm but the owner absolutely thrilled. The distance | :28:04. | :28:13. | |
is six lengths and a short head. The time 2.33.67. That was around | :28:13. | :28:17. | |
about 3.67 seconds slower than Racing Post standard and well | :28:17. | :28:27. | |
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outside the record. It's not a day for records. Dermot | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
Weld talking to pat Smullen. A successful partnership for many | :28:35. | :28:41. | |
seasons now. Dermot Weld no strange tore success internationally. A | :28:41. | :28:50. | |
couple of weeks ago he was away with a runner. He's won a couple of | :28:50. | :28:56. | |
Melbourne Cups. Viewers in Australia would know that. And he's | :28:56. | :29:03. | |
won so many big races worldwide. Let's check the full details on | :29:03. | :29:08. | |
this Ribblesdale Stakes with Princess Highway, the winner with | :29:08. | :29:13. | |
John. She's a fresh and improving horse. | :29:13. | :29:23. | |
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Princess Highway wins the let's have a word. Congratulations | :29:28. | :29:32. | |
exyour 15th win here and of course it's all kept in the family, the | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
dam you trained to win the same race? Yes, it's NHS to win the same | :29:36. | :29:40. | |
race with her dam. She's been a backward filly, progressed well | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
during the spring. She beat the winner of the Epsom Oaks | :29:45. | :29:48. | |
convincingly last time out and I thought this was an excellent | :29:48. | :29:53. | |
renewable of the Ribblesdale so we had to improve today and she's done | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
it. How come she didn't take in Epsom and you decided to come here? | :29:58. | :30:02. | |
Ascot's always been lucky for me. She's a late developing filly, I | :30:02. | :30:06. | |
thought that Epsom might come a little soon for her and it gave us | :30:06. | :30:12. | |
more time to come here today and go on for the Irish Oaks. Do you | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
believe she's the best one-and-a- half filly of her generation? | :30:17. | :30:20. | |
proved it. She was running last Sunday but we decided to come here. | :30:20. | :30:26. | |
My only concern was in case the ground was slow for her. They went | :30:26. | :30:32. | |
a very true pace. Pat took his time on her and rode brilliantly. Great | :30:32. | :30:42. | |
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said, our only fear today was that the ground was too soft for her. | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
She handled it extremely well. It's not too bad. I think she would | :30:57. | :31:02. | |
prefer better ground. The boss was saying she is probably the best | :31:02. | :31:10. | |
staying three-year-old filly around. She beat the Oaks winner. The form | :31:10. | :31:15. | |
was there. I fancied her strongly today. She's | :31:15. | :31:20. | |
an extremely good filly. She stays the mile-and-a-half and she | :31:20. | :31:26. | |
quickens. Thank you. Thank you very much. Just a word on the owners and | :31:26. | :31:36. | |
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breeders. It was wougt by Walter Heffner, she was born in 1910. He | :31:38. | :31:44. | |
was born in Ireland. He lives in Switzerland. I am not too certain. | :31:44. | :31:48. | |
Any way, that filly, the latest of theirs and will go on to greater | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
things, I am sure. We are about to switch to BBC Two. When you join us | :31:52. | :31:56. | |
there, we will find out whether Fame And Glory can follow up his | :31:56. | :32:00. | |
success in last year's Gold Cup and become one of the many horses to be | :32:00. | :32:05. | |
successful more than once. It's a race that rewards the fan over the | :32:05. | :32:08. | |
years because you get horses coming back again and again to have a | :32:08. | :32:15. | |
crack at it. The most famous being Yates. | :32:15. | :32:21. | |
Have you noticed how their manes grow longer than normally. | :32:21. | :32:31. | |
:32:31. | :32:32. | ||
Yesterday So You Think's mane was long. | :32:32. | :32:41. | |
Maybe Fame And Glory has a similar propensity to grow hair. There is | :32:41. | :32:46. | |
Mr O'Brien. We had 14 races so far at Royal Ascot. 14 different | :32:46. | :32:51. | |
jockeys have been successful. one trainer has trained two winners. | :32:51. | :32:55. | |
The Gold Cup at 3.45pm. We will switch to BBC Two and we will see | :32:55. | :33:00. | |
you there in just over a minute. The spots of rain are starting to | :33:00. | :33:07. |