Day 3, Part 2 Racing: Royal Ascot

Ascot and it's started to rain. There's a very chilly wind, but the

wind was very much in the tail and behind Princess Highway who came

home in front of the Ribblesdale Stakes ahead of The Fugue and

Shirocco Star, Momentary for the Queen was disappointing towards the

back of the field. Vow similarly disappointing but Princess Highway

will now go for if Irish Oaks as will the third horse home, Shirocco

Star. The jockey said if the ground would have been better he would

have had a better chance with but it's a big thing to come here

and win the Ribblesdale. A very prestigious Group 2 race, she'll

step up to Group 1 class and looks well capable of it. At the moment,

you would have to say she's the best mile and a half three-year-old

filly about after that performance. I would imagine her being by Street

Cry, when the ground gets quicker, she'll even get that bit better.

really isn't terribly nice here right now. So let's have a look at

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some pictures of when it was a bit Glory being saddled up there. Aidan

making the final adjustments to the gert. We'll see Fame And Glory in

all his glory in the paddock after paying a visit to Suzie Perry. --

Guru-Murthy. 16 years and 30 years at the racecourse, time for other

things. What made you want to be a groundsman? I fell into it

accidentally. Came out the Army, had a few little jobs and sort of,

my wife's uncle was a manager of Sandown Park at the time, I was

looking for work and it just went in that way. Did you have horses

that were racing? Not at the time, no. After you've been around it for

years, you fall in love with the game really, you meet very

interesting people. Like? The Queen, for instance. You've met the Queen?

I've met the Queen. The Queen mum. You know. When I came here, the

Queen mum said to me, I'm glad you're here, you've come to join

the family, so that was quite nice. The downside is the winter time

when it's cold and miserable, frosty and foggy and you like to

stay in bed sometimes. So you are retiring at the end of June which

is very soon? Indeed, yes. Is this a joyous moment or will it be

tinged with sadness to leave behind what's been an incredible career.

won't be sad, but there are things I will miss in it obviously like

Royal, champions day and things like that. Quite looking forward to

it. The next stage of my life, play golf, spend time with my wife.

Sounds good. Yes, we do spend time together but she was working all

the time, so there's not enough hours in the day to enjoy life so

we are going to enjoy life for a few years. You could be dead

tomorrow! Thanks for that! I look forward to that!

Cheery thought from Gilly who retires from Ascot after being here

for 16 years. The ground here is superb and with the rebuilding of

the racecourse, so much has changed. There were worries about the new

course when it was laid but it's fantastic. It's been re-aligned,

the whole racecourse and, of course, they put in a lot of gravel

underneath that. Is why the straight course is always a little

bit faster than the round course because it's got a lot of drainage

now. Every in67 of the course will be covered by the runners in the

Gold Cup. Let's check the field with Jim.

Here they are, the runners and fascinating Gold Cup. The umbrellas

are up everywhere. It's raining heavily now. The favourite is Fame

And Glory. He's opened up as a strong favourite. This weather at

the moment who, will it suit and who won't it suit? A few technical

problems here because of the weather. We'll get you the betting

details in a moment. In this, we have a representative from the John

Ox Yard and what a trainer he's been? Yes, this rain won't help him

because they wanted the firm ground for Saddler's Rock. I would think

that this rain we are having is just going to scupper their chances

of winning the race. But of course, he'll have to take his chance and

they'll still be hopeful. The best horse that John has trained in his

life was Sea The Stars who won a four-timer. Johnny Murtagh's ridden

the Gold Cup five times. Mick Fitzgerald's been over to Ireland

to find out more about the horse. Recent success still echoes around

this yard. Sea The Stars is going to win the

Guineas and Derby double... Ridden by the strength of trainer

John Ox. Sea The Stars, a horse of a lifetime. She's going to go on

and win the Arc. Can this fella deliver yet more Group 1 glory? Can

you? Another win for Ireland and John Ox. Here he is. His tongue

hanging out. Always very relaxed. Quiet horse. This fellow is good

when he goes the distance. He just lobs along. A lovely mover, a good

ride. Easy to ride and it looks like it's going to be quite a

competitive race this year but I think he's there or thereabouts.

It's a tried and tested Gold Cup forminging. John and Johnny won

with Enzeli 13 years ago. This time, Murtagh is all too familiar with

the favourite and defending champion, Fame And Glory.

Fame And Glory is a very good horse, been running behind Sea The Stars

all his career and I always thought he'd step up to the cup distances.

Saddler's Rock would love good-to- firm, a bit of ease will help Fame

And Glory which could swing it his way. Johnny Murtagh, done both

circles, started with you, left, came back, went to Ballydoyle and

is now back with you? He got spoilt in Ballydoyle winning 39 Group 1

races in two-and-a-half years or whatever it was. Unbelievable. But

he always goes out thinking he's going to win, you know. He's always

been that way? Yes. I've known him for a long time and you knew when

he was here that he was always like that? He was. He's full of optimism

which is important in a jockey. He's very honest. His word is his

bond and that's his big thing, you know. He's just a true gentleman.

We are in a very privileged position? Yes, here they are now

actually coming over the hill. He's quickening away smart. His

companions have had enough but he's doing all right. The ground is

testing enough. It's a bit softer than he likes but he needs to work.

You are happy? Yes. He's like Hannibal out the A-Team and I'm

like Murdoch. I know by the way he looks at me whether he's happy or

not. We are a good team together and it would be great. There's a

lot of staff here who've been here since I've been here and, as a team,

you know, it's more like a family than a work place.

The wink from Saddler's Rock. I'm afraid the vain falling heavily now,

and with every drop, his chance lessens because he sticks his

tongue out at it. He doesn't like it much I'm afraid when it's

raining which is a great shame. Johnny Murtagh will give him all

the assistance from that saddle. He's ridden 38 Royal Ascot winners.

Given that everybody's sitting there just on one winner so far,

the race to be leading jockey this week is still wide-open. Johnny

could yet do it and how much it would mean to him to twin Gold Cup

for the sixth time. Saddler's Rock getting geeed up, has his tongue

right over the bit. Horses don't know what umbrellas are and

everyone has one now. See how high that one is there, that would be

why that horse was ducking away from hit. Yes, I think you are

right. They haven't seen him before. There is an honour's board with all

the winners on it and obviously the name that stands out most of it is

Yeatse. - tsh Yeates. The favourite paddock and parading here. Here is

number one, Askar Tau. He's got the head gear on. It will be a shock if

he won today. He's got a lot of ability but probably not up to the

class of the top horses in this race, the likes of Fame And Glory.

Bridge of Gold, similar comments apply to him. Will find it

difficult. Beautifully turned out, his mane plated. Caucus, again an

outsider. Here comes the reigning champ, Fame And Glory, Pat Keating,

travelling head lad from the Irish stable. He has the rug on at the

moment. Hopefully get a look at him when the rug is off. Opinion Poll

from Godolphin. He'll be ridden by Barzalona. Opinion Poll, that's

being ridden by Frankie Dettori now. Colour Vision won at Kempton last

time out. They have the rugs on at the moment and Colour Vision used

to be trained by Mark Johnston, the horse behind Colour Vision is Gulf

of Naples, also trained by Mark Johnson, so it's all linking

together very nicely. Horse nine, the last one to look at is

Saddler's Rock. You saw the feature on him, Mick Fitzgerald going to

Ireland to see Saddler's Rock and John Oxx. The rain that's fallen

here today is definitely not in his favour. He has a lot of class

though. To be honest, it's almost a comical

sight here because everybody's huddled together under the

umbrellas trying to share them. Partners in Fame And Glory. I want

to have a chat with you, is that all right? Yes. How are things with

the horse, things all right? Aidan seems to think he's great, better

than last year. If better than last year, he'll win it easily. That's

what we hope. The rain won't affect him? No, Jamie said the ground was

OK from the last race, so that's not too much of a concern.

Fantastic. Jamie's just come into the middle of the huddle. The sun's

trying to come out. I think we'll get a rainbow any minute now. The

sun is coming out. The other big huddle is for Sheikh Mohammed's

gang. Two runners from Godolphin, Saeed bin Suroor and Frankie

Dettori. They've got Colour Vision. Princess Highway you can see in

pink and tangerine. Beautiful outfit today with Sheikh Mohammed

and he'd dearly love to win the Gold Cup again. Barzalona to our

right. He Juan so well in this race last year. Yesterday I talked to

Princess Highway. So I wonder if I might be able to talk to Sheikh

Mohammed. Would it be all right to the horse was second in the race

and he won the other day and both of them have a chance. Obviously

the favourite has a chance also. He's the one to beat. Can I ask you

what you felt about Frankel's performance? That was great. He's a

very good horse. You will interest to try and tempt them to come to

the Dubai World Cup. And your wife had a lovely winner yesterday.

She's relaxed now! Exactly! Now we need a winner for you, Sir. Sheik

Mohammed with two runners in this your new restaurant? Advertising

myself. My new restaurant in Chelsea. Are you going to win this?

I will do my best. If you win, I get a free meal!

I'm on the right one. He switched from Opinion Poll to Colour Vision.

Is he on the right one? I don't know with this ground. I would

think possibly he's not now because of this rain. I would have thought

he was, until the rain came, then I would think possibly not. Opinion

Poll has won on quicker ground this year. He is about to get on Colour

Vision now. What about his chances? He was impressive on the all-

weather laths time. It was impressive to the eye that day. He

looked a really good horse. He had been beaten at Doncaster before

that. Number nine, Saddler's Rock. He's the last crop of Saddler's

Wells. He looks like Istabrak. You rode

him? That horse is smaller. He's got bandages on. You are so edgy,

ever since Shirocco Star at Epsom. Well, you got it wrong, didn't you.

OK, who's going to win the Gold Cup? Who's got it wrong - oh, Fame

And Glory. Go on, you say it to the people. I like Fame And Glory. To

me, today, it looks like a penalty kick for him today because of the

weather. It has come and helped him. Although they don't want it too

soft themselves. It is more of a hindrance.

Best outsider, in a word or two? Would you call Saddler's Rock an

outsideer?. Fame And Glory, we are both agreed will win the Gold Cup.

is very lightly raced, considering he is getting on a bit now, at six

years old. Trained by Magnusson and riden by

Moore. Caucus, William Buick is on board.

The pink colours. They've had good stayers, including Duncan who won

the St Leger. This is Fame And Glory. He's 5-4 on favourite. Was

top class over a mile-and-a-half. Was second in the Derby to Sea The

Stars. He is now the supreme stayer. He sets the standard. Everybody

else trying to catch him, including Opinion Poll, who is consistent and

he's classy as well. Barzalona takes the race on him. That means

that Frankie Dettori is on board. He was very impressive last time.

He could be the one that's improving and they don't know how

good he'll be. Gulf Of Naples, represents John John. Then back to

Saddler's Rock and Johnny Murtagh. We know all about this horse,

having shown you the feature from John Oxx's yard. The rain possibly

line. It's all about this race - the stamina. The Gold Cup, it tests

a horse's balance, more than anything tests its ability to keep

gallops. Nehaam is the one we had not seen.

Trained by John Gosden. Here we go. This is the big one.

This is the reason that everybody is here today, at Royal Ascot, on

racing. For over 200 years, we have gathered for this distinguished

race. Off and running in the Gold Cup.

What brings us here? The prestige. The horse racing. The fashion.

The winning. Stilettos in muddy earth.

The sound of hoofs past the post. He wins his fourth Ascot Gold Cup.

It's Ladies' Day, when women, like sunny as those. The umbrellas are

up. The rain is easing off. It is a colder day down there. Everybody is

jostling trying to get to the front of the queue. Most of that money is

going on Fame And Glory. It certainly is. There has been

bidding to win Group 1 races at two, three, four and six. Isn't that a

hallmark of consistentsy in a racehorse. Very few can do that

was a horse, as a three-year-old, he ran in all the top races. Of

course, he's an animal which makes him a stayer. That is why he's

running in all these long-distance races. The stable who had Yeats,

he's taken the shoes of Yeats, winning last year and he's hot

favourite to win again. Who's to know - next year he might be

favourite to win this race again. Jamie Spencer looking nice and

relaxed. Johnny Murtagh has arrived at the start with Saddler's Rock,

who was a pretty progressive horse last season and has beaten Opinion

Poll in the Doncaster cup. As a three-year-old, which is a

performance you would think is good for a three-year-old to do that. He

was getting a lot of weight, but it is weight for age. For a horse to

be mature enough to take on all those stayers, it takes a lot of

doing. He's had the extra year now to develop, strengthen and to just

get that little bit stronger mentally and physically.

I was talking about Johnny Murtagh having won five times, Piggot won

it 11 times. Barzalona looking for Colour Vision, originally we

thought Opinion Poll would be the one he'd be on. The ground change

could possibly change his mind. The horses lining up very rapidly. Fame

And Glory one of the last to go in. Let's join Jim for the Gold Cup.

The last three going forward now for this press tedgeous race with a

total of �350,000 -- prestigious. Not the richest of the week in

terms of prize money, but the one with the most history. Fame And

Glory going forward now. Frankie is in n the stalls. Has he chosen the

right one? Switched from Opinion Poll to Colour Vision. Last one

going forward now. Set for the Gold Cup. Ready. Racing in the Gold Cup

of 2012 and on the inside, Opinion Poll is one of the first away. Out

there too in the early stages, Fame And Glory. A bit wider out is

Colour Vision and Gulf of Naples is widest of all. The two greys on the

outside of the field. Behind them is Saddler's Rock. Further back in

the field is Nehaam. Followed by Caucus giving them a fair start

with Bridge Of Gold. At the tail is Askar Tau. They've gone through the

first furlong and a half. To the front is Gulf of Naples. They're

dawdling in these testing conditions today. At least by two-

and-a-half lengths or so. Colour Vision in second, a similar

distance away in third is Saddler's Rock. Half a length away, Nehaam.

Settling in fifth position on the inner is Fame And Glory, last

year's winner. Then is Opinion Poll. Followed by Bridge Of Gold, tucked

away behind them. Caucus on the outside of runners. Going very,

very slow here as they have two miles left to travel. Dawdling

along in front is Gulf of Naples. Leads by a length and a half to in

second Colour Vision on the inside of Nehaam. In fourth position is

Saddler's Rock who won't settle. Pulling for his head there on the

inside of Caucus in the pink jacket. A length and a half in advance of

Opinion Poll, followed by Fame And Glory. Two lengths further back,

Askar Tau. At the tail of the field is Bridge Of Gold. Ten lengths

covers the field. They have a circuit remaining and the leader is

Gulf of Naples. He's been out there for a fair way now, leads by two

lengths. Nehaam half a length away. Colour Vision. Caucus in the pink

jacket has moved up on the outside of Saddler's Rock. A length in

advance of Opinion Poll with the white cap, then Fame And Glory on

the inside. Just inclined to take a tug in the first half mile of the

race. They're two lengths to Askar Tau. Tout back is Bridge Of Gold.

They leave the mile and a half behind them in the Gold Cup. The

leader here is Gulf of Naples. Nehaam. On the inner is Colour

Vision. Half a length further back is Saddler's Rock. A length to

Opinion Poll the outside. Fame And Glory still third last. From Askar

Tau and Bridge Of Gold. All the time they are running downhill as

they leave the mile behind them and get to Swindley Bottom. Gulf of

Naples still the leader out in front. Nehaam. Third is Colour

Vision. Fourth is Caucus with the pink cap. Saddler's Rock is

striding out better now. He's appreciating the increase in tempo,

followed then by Opinion Poll. Glory gloir glory is back in the

field. -- Fame And Glory. Askar Tau. The rank outsider then, Bridge Of

Gold. They follow this stiff uphill climb. It's Gulf of Naples. Just

the leader from Nehaam. Paul Hanagan the champion jockey on the

outer. Frankie Dettori on Colour Vision. Followed by Saddler's Rock

on the inside. Further back in the field, Caucus. Followed then by

Fame And Glory with about eight lengths to make up. Starting to

improve slightly from Opinion Poll and Bridge Of Gold, Askar Tau.

Coming up towards the half mile marker now in the Gold Cup. On the

inside, it's Gulf of Naples being tackled in earnest by Nehaam.

Colour Vision followed by Saddler's Rock and Caucus. Fame And Glory.

Still six lengths off the pace, followed by Opinion Poll. Bridge Of

Gold. Out the back is Askar Tau. On the turn for the home Gold Cup now.

Gulf of Naples on the inside tackled by Nehaam. Colour Vision

getting into the clear. Two or three lengths away. Fame And Glory

now taking to the outside, starting to run on well. Two furlongs left

to go. On the far side, it's Gulf of Naples. Nehaam in the centre.

Colour Vision coming for glory. Two lengths to Opinion Poll running on

well. Saddler's Rock. Fame And Glory is running behind. A half

furlong left in the Gold Cup and it's Opinion Poll now pouncing with

Colour Vision, but they're fighting it out. On the inside, Colour

Vision is doing his best and Colour Vision's got up to win for

Frankie Dettori, the Ascot specialist, has won the Gold Cup!

What a boost for him! Very, very tight for second is. Frankie

Dettori, who's been fighting so hard to consolidate his position as

number one at Godolphin's ridden an inspired race to win the Gold Cup

on Colour Vision. Owned by Godolphin, train bid Saeed bin

Suroor, this gelding. There's Saeed. The gelding by rainbow quest. What

a performance! Very, very tight for second and we are waiting for the

judges' verdict here. Let's have a look ourselves.

Very, very tight here. In the centre, opinion poll's just got

second on the evidence of that. In fifth is Askar Tau who came from

last for George Baker. Then Nehaam. Fame And Glory had too much ground

to make up. He was never really that pap hi, I wouldn't have

thought, Jamie Spencer. There's the klaxon call. The stewards are

looking at something. There's a steward's inquiry. Caucus is behind

them. Now, officially second Opinion Poll. The time 4.42.05 but

Frankie Dettori, the man who in 1996 went through the card at Ascot

riding seven out of seven winners, a track that he's always loved.

Let's see if we can spot the interference here. Colour Vision

now starting to come out there. Just giving Opinion Poll two bumps

there. Just how crucial was that? Has that affected the result?

That's what you are saying to yourself and the winning distance

is a half length. Two bumps there. The stewards will be looking at

this and will be going into the room and hearing what they say as

well. Saeed bin Suroor coming back to lead him back. Really good

performance. Health and Safety gone out in front of the crowd, Frankie

Dettori, with Colour Vision. Let's have another look at the bunking.

Frankie is coming out there. And twice you can see there. And just

knocked Opinion Poll off balance, no doubt about that. The first bump

certainly did knock him off balance. Let's have another look. Dettori

has the whip in the correct hand. Look what happens. All of a sudden,

Colour Vision veers over left and knocks into Opinion Poll and does

it again. So there's two very, very conspicuous bumps there. And it's

the -- the thing in Dettori's favour though is that the distance

is a half length. If it would have been a nose or a short head, it

might be very, very, very awkward all round.

Whatever happens, Sheikh Mohammed's won the Gold Cup and I suspect that

Frankie Dettori will keep this race because he's not guilty of

dangerous riding, he's not guilty of improper riding, he may be

guilty of careless riding in which case the steward also say did he

take reasonable steps to avoid interference. Willie, we see

interference every day of the week. How bad do you think that was and

will it affect the result? It's not that bad really. Take the ground

conditions, you take the length of the race, the horses are getting

very tired. Frankie did have his stick in the left hand. He used the

stick in the left. He put it down, pulled it through, used it, stick

in the right hand twice, maybe he hit the horse once too many times

with the right hand before the stick went down and stopped riding

with his stick. Luckily for Frankie, I would say, is that he has won by

half a length. If he'd won by a head or a short head, there are

grounds for places to be switched. May it please your Majesty, Royal

Highnesses, Lords, ladies and gentlemen. The fanfare announces

the arrival of the horse first- past-the-post in this year's Gold

Cup. He is Colour Vision, trained by Saeed bin Suroor, owned by

Godolphin and ridden by the most successful jockey in the history of

Royal Ascot, Frankie Dettori! He is indeed. Embracing Sheikh

Mohammed, his employer. Sheikh Mohammed has both the first and

second but with different stables. The winner is trained by Saeed bin

Suroor. The second trained by Zarooni. They're both Godolphin but,

as you can imagine, quite a lot of rivalry generated by that situation.

And this is something that will have them on a knife edge. That's

for sure. Frankie Dettori, very important to him. This is the time

again. 4.42.05. But very important to him that he can hold on to this

race. When it's a half length, the balance is tipped in your favour,

no doubt about that. That's the situation here. A nervous few

moments for Frankie Dettori here, but you can see the celebration and

the relief on his face when he past the line first. Having made the

decision to switch from Opinion Poll and Colour Vision, nothing

would have been more galing than to see his stable mate come by him and

snatch the Gold Cup. But for Frankie, he did, in terms of timing

on this horse, and bear in mind this was one of three four-year-

olds in a race, so a younger horse open to more, this horse had the

potential to improve. A worbld on Fame And Glory, desperately

disappointing there, something must have gone wrong. The slow early

pace didn't help, but when Jamie Spencer got him clear, he never

picked up, and you would think he may be injured? At a furlong and a

half, his action wasn't very good. I don't think it really will have

been the ground that would have been the reason why he shortened

his stride, but he didn't look very happy in the last furlong. Seeing

here the celebration shots of those involved with Colour Vision and

Saeed bin Suroor equally under pressure. The Godolphin camp work

like this, like a football team on rowcation. There's always pressure

and even if you have been the number one guy, you are still

having to prove yourself to the boss, who is with Rishi now.

Congratulations Sir, you have won the Gold Cup whatever happens now.

Have you had a word with your jockeys and do you have any idea

what happened in the closing stages? Whatever happened, I think

to bring horses and to finish first and second is a great thing. The

Gold Cup, you have to wait the whole year to prepare a horse and

to come here and even the second one ran very, very well also.

It's a race you have done particularly well and Godolphin

have done particularly well in over the years. What emotions were you

going through at the final stages when Opinion Poll and Colour Vision

battled it out, Gulf of Naples as well? Well, yes, just finishing

together, you know, your blood boils. And the joy in watching

obviously the established Frankie Dettori and the young Mickael

Barzalona going at it in the closing stages? Yes, two great

jockeys. I mean Frankie's great and this year, the young man's coming

up also. Two improving horses. Thank you for talking to us. Thank

you. Just looking at Godolphin's success

in this race. They have lots of former winners of the Gold Cup. And

in terms of those horses, Mick Kinane rode two of them. Frankie

was on board one of the winners. Looking at the closing stages, you

will see Frankie had his whip in his right hand. As he smacks Colour

Vision, the horse veers to the right, bumps into Opinion Poll

who's then come plaitly thrown off his balance and almost goes

sideways. Mickael Barzalona is struggling to have the room to use

his own whip. So did Frankie Dettori do enough to keep his horse

straight? Mickael Barzalona is going to be assisted in terms of

translating. Mickael Barzalona's English isn't fluid yet. I hit,

just started to run around a bit, just been running two-and-a-half

miles so getting tired on the round. I tapped with my right, he shifted

to the left a bit. I brushed Mr Mickael Barzalona for the stride,

corrected him straightaway and at the end he won nicely by half a

length, but the horse were very tired towards the end and running

around a bit. Could you explain to Mr Mickael Barzalona what Frankie

Dettori just said? ( she translates) Nothing more to say?

Please could you wait outside for a minute. Mr Mickael Barzalona you

can go. So the stipendiary stewards and the stewards on duty today

examining the different angles of this interference and listening to

text plan nation of Frankie. There's no doubt Frankie's caused

the interference here, but he said I've given him a couple of bumps

and gosh, they've ended up really the first four not pulling far

clear of the others and that is the result of the steady pace earlier

on and the horses fin nirking the Gold Cup better than they do. --

finishing. The result's very quick. The result is not going to be

changed here. Unaffected. The placings remain

unaltered. Colour Vision takes the Gold Cup. Sheikh Mohammed and the

Princess can celebrate. Releaf all round. Frankie Dettori has indeed

won the Gold Cup, the sun is shining and the Italian's dismount

was not in vein. Congratulations to Mr Saeed bin Suroor, great success.

They've all been talking about the time. That is 25 seconds outside

the record, so very, very slow. That's why they were crawling

earlier. You can see Saddler's Rock pulling hard early and Fame And

second time because the result's confirmed. Her Majesty the Queen

presents her first trophy of the week and Frankie Dettori is running

out from the weighing room to join Sheikh Mohammed and Saeed bin

Suroor and the Princess and always Willie dreadful for a jockey when

you know you have ridden a great race and done everything you can

and you have to wait and survive misses a beat really and there's a

period where the stewards could go either way. But I think if it would

have been a short head, the stewards might have had grounds to

do something but because he won by half a length and he was going away

at the finish, that was the reasons their placings remain unaltered.

Frankie will be very, very happy having his first winner here at

Royal Ascot. A one two for Godolphin, shake mupld comes

forward to receive the Gold Cup -- Sheikh Mohammed. Sheikh Mohammed

and the Queen have so much shared interest in horse races and so much

so that the Sheikh gives the Queen so many yearlings as a gift.

Carlton House was last year's one, finished second in the Prince of

Wales Stakes. They have much to discuss and Sheikh Mohammed is a

great sportsman and he's matched and surpassed in enthusiasm for the

game by Frankie Dettori who's deep in discussion with the Princess

Royal there. Saeed bin Suroor coming forward. He's such a

gentleman. He's so dignified, quite and charming and polite and lovely

said that he is the most successful jockey in Ascot history. He is the

most successful jockey currently holding a licence. Lester Piggott

may have something to say about that! Everybody is aware of the

situation he has been in. Like a first-choice striker for football

team. His position has been challenged. Hasn't he handled it

well? He has. Mike Fernando Torres at Chelsea. He kept getting

supplemented. What is the word? He is the sort of guy that needs to be

in the public eye. He needs to be riding winners, because he is the

sort of character that as soon as his bottom it drops and you get

disappointed when things are not going his way. -- his bottom lip

drops. And the English crowd loves to see Frankie Dettori riding

winners. He will be the happiest man in the weighing room today.

Because he has come off the bend and scored the winning goal at the

FA Cup. That is what it feels like to home. I think he will have been

touched by the reaction of people, so concerned when the rumours were

flying around that he might be retiring. That he was somehow

sidelined. He will have been really surprised by the warmth of a motion

and affection. Let's hear from him now. -- emotion and affection.

said they cannot keep you down. I suppose that was a statement.

was great. They were both great horses, grid warriors, and it was a

hard decision to make. I finish with the best but it was a short

margin and I am delighted for the team and for myself as well. It has

been a very hard week and I am glad this came up. A great reception

when you came back in. A lot of people are on your team. It is

great. We have got a great team. It is a great result for us. You are

the old dog and there are some new kids on the block. They must have

been some extra interment edging out Barcelona in the closing

stages? -- extra enjoyment. We are friends but you want to win for

yourself. It does not matter who is in the finish with me, you always

try to win. Have you proven that you are still the top man?

Really? I have to prove it in the next race. This raised has gone now.

You are always remembered for the last one. -- this race has gone now.

The crowd think you are the top man. Thank you! Well, it would not be

Ascot without Frankie Dettori winning. Colour Vision wins. It is

one two for the boys in blue, Godolphin.

Just fantastic. I think that has made the day. It makes it royal

Ascot. The best race of the whole week, the richest race, the most

prestigious. And two wins it? Godolphin with Frankie Dettori on

board. Fantastic. He has made this week even more special. We will

change the Fame And Glory news and what happened to him and the

reaction from Aidan O'Brien soon. But we have been enjoying the Gold

has come out. Glorious scenes. You have just seen beautiful ladies

with wonderful hats. Top milliner, Stephen Jones, it is lovely to see

you here. It is lovely to be here, fantastic. You have got a fashion

show. What makes a really good at. How do you wear them? With

confidence. You have to get used to them. It is not a pair of jeans

that you plonk on before you go out. You have to wear them at home,

rehearse. They make you feel different, they turn you into a

Princess. Thank you! These are some of your models. Please talk us

through the designs. She is wearing his black organza hat, a little bit

like a buy corn. It does very well with the outfit. Gold braid around

the edge of it. Fantastic lines and shapes on her face. Very beautiful.

An ice silhouette as well. Absolutely. -- nice silhouette.

Hats have been getting bigger. Because of the new guidance is that

we should not be wearing fascinators, people have really

gone for it and most of the hats have been bigger. That must please

you as a milliner. It tested technically be 10 centimetres in

the Royal Enclosure. -- it has to be 10 centimetres. Are more women

wearing hats? Yes, and more tailoring. A tailored shoulder

needs are constructed hat, and the two things go together very well.

This says Stephen Jones to me. It is a classic shape, quirky and

biddable. Yes, it is a special Diamond Jubilee top hat but with

some punk in the bandaging. Punk is really a heritage. You loved that

era. Steve Strange back due to start with? Yes, 1000 years ago! I

never thought I would still be at Ascot. You are clearly inspired by

the 70s feeling. In Britain we have the great classicism of places like

Ascot but also the exciting youth movements in our music industry and

fashion and culture and the two run parallel. Are we seeing a

resurgence of that? We are seeing two things running along together.

People do not want to be completely classic or completely raw. If you

look at the young princesses, the Duchess of Cambridge, you see how

she is wearing a new sort of dress. And lots of hats, which is lovely

to see. Then people wearing hats. This is one of your muses. A

broadcaster who we know, Olivia. Lovely to see you. You are still in

the titles will the BBC. They keep running it out, it is wonderful! I

am loving wearing this, it is like being a mermaid. And it is called

The Mermaid. It is afraid so that it wafts in the wind and it goes

perfectly with your address, which is beatable. Thank you. I wore it

because I knew it was going to rain and a thought I could look like a

puddle. Much more glamorous than a puddle! You do it like a mermaid.

Really terrific to see you. Bentley very much an thank you for this hat

as well. More fashion in a few moments. -- thank you very much.

Frankie Dettori is happy. He is wearing the colours for the next

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 73 seconds

race, the Britannia Stakes. Here As you would imagine, a hugely

competitive handicap, the Britannia Haggas Fast Or Free. There are so

many horses in this race that you can make a case for. This is Born

To Surprise. Michael Bell training and Jamie Spencer about to get on

board. Disappointing earlier this year but a good comeback.

horses will like the ground now that they like the rain. I will not

be surprised if he does not like it. Behind him, Nawwaar. One of a

couple for that owner of. Will he be second choice? I think curry man

is number one. That is because he has Paul Hannigan. -- Kahruman.

Coming to our left, Chapter Seven. Next to it, in the diamonds, Trader

Jack. The Roger Charlton. Lots of good horses in this race. It is

hard to go around this field and find a negative. But that guy, he

is a super looking cold, well- muscled. He walks well, nice

attitude. Just the right size. worried about the ground for him.

They were worried about soft ground at the start of the season. Soft

ground is coming. You could see by the Gold Cup that the horses were

rolling around a lot. It does not matter what the ground is like. It

is what the heavens give us. The ground is a forgery getting quite

loose. Not too many left in the paddock apart from Swing Alone.

Trained by Gay Kelleway, the only woman to win a race at Royal Ascot.

That is amazing. Given Hayley Turner and other women. This is a

hot-tempered horse. A ring bit in the mouth, so very keen. Very

generous in what he does. They will be taking him down nice and quietly.

Neil Callan looks quite relaxed, chatting away. Who would you like

to win? William Haggas, of course, Fast Or Free. He will like the cut

in the ground. Yes, Fast Or Free well fancied, and we can see him in

slow motion cantering to the start, is that he has won his last two

starts. He ran once last year as a two-year-old but he has run twice

this season and has beaten a big field at Newmarket. Ryan Moore

staying on board, not surprisingly. He will have had a choice of

several mounts in this race. We have seen him winning earlier this

week. William Haggas, very shrewd out for it. They know what they are

doing on the big day. That is Fast Or Free cantering down to the start.

This horse does it nice and easy. I any action. The jockeys say that

the rain has just started to open up the ground. This horse looks

really well. Robert Winston in the plate, the really good fellow, who

had a bad action which stopped him being a good jockey. He smashed his

jaw quite badly. Another good horses trained by Roger Charlton

and we can hear from his trainer. It is Trader Jack. Roger Charlton

is with me. He trained Trader Jack's father as well. At the start

of the season it seemed that soft ground would be against this horse.

Does that worry you? His second race last time was on very soft

ground and you won easily so I thought that was what he liked.

Then we ran him at Sandown, and he actually hated the ground. But that

was very soft that day. I am hoping that the ground will be fine.

drawn in stall 15. That would normally be a de -- dilemma, but

the runners are coming down the middle of the course. It is out of

our control, really. They know what to do and they will take pot luck

but I soon they stick to the middle of the course. He is drawn in the

middle. -- I assumed they will stick to the middle. It will be

quite a cavalry charge. Thank you for talking to us. I'm surrounded

by some very tall men and this is a very tall one. Sorry to bother you.

You are associated with a couple of runners. Graphic from the Royal

Ascot Racing Club and Apostle. Tell us about their chances. Graphic, if

he reproduces the Newmarket form, could have an each-way squeak. But

he was really disappointing last time when it was very heavy ground

but he should go well on this sort of ground. Apostle, he is tough,

well, you know. He is one of those courses where there is nowhere else

to run for him. For folks involved in the syndicate, it will be tough

for him because the handicap has got a grip on him but he is working

to the horses. He's over for the Olympics. It wouldnd take him

toopbgs to run there and back, would it? -- too long. I've just

been talking about his stride length which is 13 or 14 feet.

imagine yours is similar? I'm very slow but Edwin's a great guy and he

went undefeated ford ten years in competition and won sports awards.

He'll be commentating during the Olympics which is great. Great to

see him here at Royal Ascot. Thanks for talking to us.

Just rattle through a few more of these, because there are so many of

us and Frog Hollow definitely has a chance. Three runners in this race.

A few have run against this horse as well. In a race won by Gabriel

at Haydock did well but this is a great horse. The dark green,

Compton there. William Bewick rides there. Let's see what else we can

find. Let's have a look at Frankie Dettori. Nobody's hotter than the

man who's just won the Gold Cup. He's riding Piri Wango here. This

horse has ran on the all-weather at Dundalk. Yes. This horse OK was

relatively well beaten but the horse that finished second or third

was advertised to form. Joe Lyons likes not just social winners, so

he'll be on a high, Frankie, after winning the last race, it will do

him good. Prince Alzain there, Eddie Ahern riding this for Gerard

will only run their horses three times if they have the Britannia in

mind and Prince Alzain's ran a little bit more often that that.

What about Leqqaa who's having a decent season? He's normally number

two to Henry Cecil, we see him on the likes of Bullet Train and

occasionally the form is reversed and he'll get to ride a big winner.

Great jockey. He is. Equitable Equitable. Ian normally travels to

Ascot on his motorbike because he normally heads off and beats the

traffic, weaving in and out. Joe tp fanning riding Switzerland. Mark

Johnston's firing a fair few. horse has a chance. You are saying

that about everything? But it's a massive handicap and I'm trying to

cover myself in glory after yesterday. Exactly. That's been

said of 29 out of the 30 runners. Richard Hannon's got plenty of

runners in this. I don't know what the pecking order will be like.

would like to think Richard has a few chances.

Leqqaa there. Democretes here. Stepping up from

six furlongs to a mile. Good form at two furlongs. Just struggled to

recapture that level. The stalls handlers doing such a

good job. We should do a piece on them, a day in the life of them.

Amazing, they're piled on to a bus and off they go, meeting to meeting.

Stkpwh you can see that one's going to go forward relatively easily,

but they have to get their weight behind it and they have to keep

calm around the horses as well. A lot of them get wound up and are

not necessarily showing their best when they're wound up. Frog Hollow.

A definite chance. Crowley riding fairly quickly so we'll hand you

over to Jim. Going forward there is Forest Row and John attempting to

complete a really big double. There he is. Big chance of Forest Row to

win the Britannia. The last couple going forward now. Prince Alzain

going in. Hamza is locked away. I think they are just about ready for

the Britannia. They are set. They're racing and away to a good

start too. One of the first away on the near side is Come On Blue Chip.

They split into two groups now. Lord of the Shadows. As they settle

into stride, it's Lord of the Shadows on the near side showing

the way. On the near side, it's Hamza up there as well. So too

Leqqaa not that far away. Bronze Angel there as well and also in

that group is Red Seventy. Come On Blue Chip is there as well. Frog

Hollow followed by Swing Alone. The far side now, and we've got Piri

Wango, Frankie Dettori on the far side up there as well Fast Or Free.

Lucky Henry behind them. Graphic followed by row row row. As they

head up now towards halfway -- Forest Row. Hamza on the near side.

Trying to get into it as well. They are starting to verge now and over

on the far side, Piri Wango being tackled by Fast Or Free. Van Ellis.

Lucky Henry. Bronze Angel. Hamza battling on. Mississippi coming in

from Graphic. Compton. Fast Or Free has taken it up now with furlong

left to go. Mister Music out after him. Followed by Compton. The

action on the far side. Fast Or Free trying to hold on. Coming fast

is Mister Music and Bronze Angel. Fast Or Free is going to win the

Britannia. Mister Music second, third Bronze Angel, fourth is

Compton, followed further back by Piri Wango, then Kahruman. Born To

Surprise. One of the last to cross the line, there are a couple of

groups of them, one of the last was Ian and Christine. This gelding by

Not Now Kay toe. Elated with that if I can I have -- Kato. Let's see

them cross the line. Bronze Angel finished with a flourish for third.

Compton fourth. They're strung out aren't they. Piri Wango behind them.

Crosss the line ahead of Kahruman. A gap of four or five lengths to

Born To Surprise and Swing Alone. And then just behind them is Hamza

who showed so much early pace. Van Ellis. Further back in the centre,

the diamond jacket, Trader Jack and also there is Graphic. Not that far

away is Switzerland and also my opinion sip pi there in that group

as well. Then deck deck deck -- Switzerland and also Mississippi

and Democretes. Frog Hollow, further back Chapter Seven. Lucky

Henry. Apostle well back and the last few straggleers. Come On Blue

Chip. Another four there. They muffin Nished over half a furlong

between first to last. There's the winner though, number

29, Fast Or Free, ridden by Ryan like a favourite as well. The

punters are cheering and the bookmakers weeping because this

horse was really well supported. The 6-1 favourite fast or free

comes home in front to give Ryan Moore his second winner of the week,

Mr Haggis's first. He hits the back of the net this time. In style as

well. This horse has rad a really sweet run through and Ryan needs a

little bit of company. Poor old Hayley Turner. My heart bleeds for

her because it was left on its own. You have heard from Willie when he

said the draw doesn't really matter as long as you know where the pace

is and the pace was all this side. Ryan Moore knew that he had a horse

way out. Maximum 30 runners here and just snook in as number 29. It

was a real dicey position to be in having won his two starts so far

this year. The handicapper putting him up just enough to get into the

race. They must have been pleased to see his name amongst them. It's

a 48-hour declaration so two days ago they would have known at 10.10,

this horse just snook in. Ryan Moore coming back, his 15th Ascot

winner. He was successful yesterday. On Tuesday that was, I beg your

pardon. Drained by Willie llins. The last two years, Ryan has won

the Royal Ascot top jockey award. He rode a total of four winners in

2010 and three winners last year. So he's well on his way here as

well to another title. If you go back through the records,

you see that Dettori won three in a row back in the late 90s.

Hard to do. Mick Kinane did it as well. Another great jockey here at

the Royal meeting. But let's check the full result now on this very,

very competitive handicap. Another one. The punters are happy down

William Haggis just orchestrating the official photo for fast or free

-- Fast Or Free. You deserved a change of luck this week? Not sure

about that, but it was nice to win. You had a few close shaves. How

much of the rain helped him today? I think maybe quite a lot.

Because I think he's enjoyed the ground. He did a nice job, he was

tailor made for this if he got in and he just did. Improving at a

roit of knots, as the old cliche goes, how far do you think he can

go -- at a rate of knots? I don't know really, Health and Safety come

a long way, had three races in quick succession, so we'll have to

sit quiet and see where we go. I'm delighted. Just about a trip for

him, pedigree-wise, does it offer scope for a bit more? Yes, it

probably does, but Ryan thought after his last run he'd get a mile

and a quarter, haven't had tame to talk to him yet, but sounds good

for him, plenty of pace and he stays on well. He has a great

temperament. Nice to get that Royal Ascot winner isn't it? I can't tell

you how much it means to all of us who train to have a winner here,

it's great. Well done. Thanks. Let's look back at the closing

stages of this Britannia handicap. Willie is with me this time.

Nothing very much happened at the but this is coming down to two

furlong mark. Most of the action will be over here. This is the

winner, travelled nicely the whole way through. Compton is third there.

Fourth, sorry. Hayley Turner there. Yes, in the centre. Beats the

horses it's running against, but is a little too far away from where it

appeared to be where the best ground was. I don't know if it was

the best ground but Frankie helped Frankie centres are also good three

furlongs out. He sent it. -- Frankie sent his horse three

furlongs out. Hayley Turner finished very well. She has come

all the way across the track. if we are all the way back through

them, it is a long way. You said this was a good looking bunch of

horses. They were, but look at them still coming! They are getting

rather tired on this fresh rain. It is making the ground a looser on

top. Some horses are just scratching. It is interesting to

see that the lower the numbers, the faster they seemed to be going.

had two big handicaps. The one on Saturday afternoon, six furlongs,

shorter than this. If it keeps on raining, you want to be drawn low?

All those people with low numbers will be happy indeed. That is the

Britannia Stakes. A good win and class C. -- a classy win. I have

got Ryan Moore with me, the winning jockey. Second win of the week. How

good was that performance and this year's Britannia? I don't know how

good the race was. My horse is very good. He travels very well with a

good rhythm. He showed a good attitude and he is very tough.

important is the ground to him? enjoys it. I have only ridden him

Onslow ground so I do not know how he would handle it otherwise.

could get further in time, as well? At Newmarket I thought he would go

further. He stuck it out well here. There is no reason why he would not.

Well done. I think you are up next of the presentation.

Congratulations. Roger Bannister on the left, the first man to break

four minutes for the mile in 1954. Presenting the trophy appropriately

to the winner of the mile handicap. And the owners of Fast Or Free,

joined now by the trainer, William Haggas. Just a bit more of a

postscript to the Gold Cup, we mentioned that fame or glory was

disappointing in that. You could see that he was disappointing and

we wondered if something might have been amiss. What did Jamie Spencer

say? He did some head-scratching, to be honest. He thought that the

horse had every chance. They went slow, but it was crawling. But this

horse is capable of picking up off the slow pace, but nothing worked.

Silvestre De Sousa is part of the Godolphin gang. Was he doing it for

them or himself? He seemed to be doing it for himself. He was very

pleased with how his horse performed. Ryan Moore on the trophy

podium now after his second win of the week. That is enough to put him

out in front in terms of the leading jockey. There is no money

involved in this but the jockeys really do care about who will take

home the trophy. Richard Hughes has got so close in years to come but

lost out on the last day. He has not yet had a winner. Ryan Moore on

two and all the rest on one. We have had for 215 -- 15 different

jockeys so far. There was a lot of back-slapping going on when Frankie

Kovac in because he is popular among the lads. Everybody was keen

to say well done because they know what it means to him. Let's have a

bit more of the fashion on Ladies' Day with Suzi Perry.

Thank you. Even I have had an absolute ball today. It has been

her jubilation Ladies' Day. Lots of red, white and blue. The fabulous

padded and lots of high heels, so high that women were tottering all

over the course. -- a fabulous pageant. We have got some footage

and I would like you to commentate as you used to in 1980s style. Can

we run the images? There we are. That is the jubilation, red, white

and blue. A lot of that. And escalators, a new thing! She seems

very happy. That lady is wearing a fascinator beside her. Pashminas or

over the place. I am not sure how good they are but they keep the

winds out. And then all those colours. Those ladies look as

though they are having a great time. Black and white, very traditional.

And lots more smaller hats this year. That is a big one. Sliding

down the escalator. Look how fabulous it is. And some

interesting issues. Very trendy actually. And at length skirt, a

bit vintage. Her beautiful jacket. The usual sunglasses and hat

combination in bright pink. She looks very elegant. Very classic.

We have seen a lot of red in the royal carriages. This lady looks

cool with a large hat to keep off the rain. The wedge. We have seen

that a lot today. They look lovely. A large bag with everything in it,

probably even sandwiches. Royal sandwiches with no crusts?

exactly! This is one of the things that has happened. You do not need

to be fantastically rich to dress well at Ascot nowadays. You can buy

some beautiful day dresses on the High Street. A success is buying

vintage. 40s and 50s is a winner at Royal Ascot. We have seen wonderful

girls wearing closing older than me. And we saw Carole Middleton earlier

and you were impressed. I thought she looked fantastic. If I was

still editing a newspaper tomorrow, she would be my picture on the

front. She and the Queen would do it very well. They were the stars

of the day. She looked lovely in red, just like her daughter. It has

been an absolute joy having you with me today. Super.

Eve Pollard and Suzi Perry. Many thanks to them. Let's take you

through the story of Gold Cup day at Royal Ascot. After two days of

bright sunshine, we have grey skies above Ascot Racecourse. The Ladies'

Reckless Abandon! They hit the line and it is very close. Reckless

Abandon. They are off and running. The bird has flown, I reckon.

Princess Highway starts to draw away. Winceyette by about five. --

wins it. Half a furlong left to go in the Gold Cup. It is brilliant.

Television. They are fighting it out. Colour Vision is doing the

best! Colour Vision has got it for Frankie Dettori. 4th of Fast Or

Free is going to win the Britannia! I am joined are now by two sporting

knights of the realm, Sir Steve Redgrave and Roger Bannister. They

have both been presenting trophies today. Are you a regular racegoer?

I am not. It is my first time here and it has been fantastic and I

presenting a trophy, but is it your first time here? 30 years ago, so

it's a very rare occurrence. In retirement you sometimes get asked

to do unusual things and so, as it was ladies' day and I've got my

wife and my two daughters here, it was something I could not refuse.

And they look after you extremely well if you are presenting a trophy

so I'm sure you have had a wonderful day. I wanted to ask you

about Frankel and the performance over a mile on Tuesday and Sir

Roger, given your own performance over a mile, in 1954, and we can

have a look at that, when you broke the four-minute barrier for the

mile and became the first man to achieve that. In terms of your own

physical preparation and mental preparation for this, what do you

think was the key? Well, it's the science really of

total exhaustion. It's a question of not having anything left at the

end or, as I said, taking out of yourself more than you've got.

That's the secret and it's the secret I suppose of rowing too.

must be and Steve I know that must be and Steve I know that

certain rowers and Matthew held that record of the greatest lung

capacity, you probably do find that you are put together slightly

better than most other people in terms of being able to take in the

air that you can? Certainly it's a lot of training and preparation and

that is what makes the difference of being able to get to the start

line. The people who cross the that have the better capacity in

some ways, especially in endurance- based sports, the mile, the 2,000

metres that I used to race, it's about the oxygen uptake that you

can absorb the oxygen from the air that you are breathing in. That'ss

the key element. There's a survey done recently which says the

athletes that've had the higher VO2 maximums have been the ones winning

The amazing thing watching Frankel, he did not look like he was

expending too much energy. There is no obvious sign is a rule. Red Rum

was quite short, I think. Not very tall, but he could sprint and run

in the Grand National. I do not think this would happen now. You

have to specialise. Sebastian Coe of course held the record for 800

metres. I suppose that is the equivalent to one mile, whereas a

mile in horseracing terms is probably two miles. It is very

difficult to draw comparisons. Thinking about physical shape, and

when you get an outstanding athlete, like you. -- Usain Bolt, very tall

with that long stride, once he gets started he is very difficult to

beat. To take the science a little bit further, the muscles have got

fast twitch fibres, which are needed by the sprinter. They run up

an oxygen debt. Lactic acid. And there are slow twitching fibres

that are needed by marathon runners. It so happens that for the human

being, the mile is exactly halfway between. I suppose I did not bother

to have a test of my muscle composition, but I was probably 50%

fast fibre and 50% slow. Usain Bolt is probably 90% fast. That is what

we now know scientifically about it. A fascinating to discuss this and

beaded into other sports. Wonderful to talk to you. Steve Redgrave and

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 73 seconds

is over a mile and a quarter. The open. Wrotham Heath is the

five, a little look ahead to tomorrow, day four. The Coronation

Stakes is the big race on the cards. Martin will be riding summer tarred

tomorrow, the winner of the Irish 1000 Guineas. That must be a great

memory for you. Yes, it will stay with me for a long time. To do it

on home soil was fantastic. That was your first ride, wasn't it?

my first ride on the filly and a classic. Things going well. The

runner-up that day has already come out in the Jersey Stakes. The form

has had a nice boost already. People will think it was not a true

run, but I think it took the filly to come to herself through the year,

and she's got on the day and she has been in great form since. --

she sparked on the day. What about the weather? There are showers

forecast. Do you want more rain? Not really, to be honest, but I

prefer the ground to be looser than dead. She was good racing on soft

ground last year, quite close. Whatever will happen, we cannot

change it. She has been on good form at home. I tried ter on tough

ground and she went through it. All we can do is hope. Hopefully your

Grimm in this race. Just the one start this year, that was over a

mile. Stepping up today, what is the thinking? He indicated in that

race that he'd want further than a mile. We've always liked him. I

would be a bit concerned about the ground, we don't really know, he

has an American pedigree and probably wants it quicker than it

is. A word on the well-being of Carlton House after a great run

yesterday? A little stiff this morning, which is to be expected

and we'll sit down and think about the next move. Thank you very

much.- -Henry Cecil talking about the chances of his runner, but this

is Wrotham Heath. That is, sorry, that was Michael Stoute, we are

looking at Henry Cecil there. This is a horse we saw at Epsom and were

pretty impressed, to be honest. I think he'd have a chance, a

definite chance. Giving Henry Cecil and Tom Queally a winner? Yes, he

did a good job at Epsom that day. Sir Henry Cecil obviously thinks

he's taken that race at Epsom quite well so he's brought him out again

here today after only 19 days since he last ran. Of course, Stipulate

is also one of his two runners in the race, Sir Henry Cecil. Also in

the colours of Khalid Abdullah. We are looking atom Queally here,

close-up and slow motion on Wrotham Heath. He rides with his toe in the

iron, as so many jockeys do these days. That's where you get your

balance from, when you put your toe in the irons, the ball of the foot.

Put a finger up into the mane so you don't set yourself up too much.

Set your weight against the horse's mouth and make sure he doesn't go

any faster than he should. It's quite amazing that all those

horses... We heard Michael Stoute talking about horse. Khalid

Abdullah doesn't ever buy horses, they are all farm bred. It's

amazing the success he has, it means he has a very good team at

home running the show and a lot of lovely... Uh-oh, that horse has

broke down, has he? I don't think so, just pulling him up. He's all

right. I was a bit frightened there for a spell. This is Grandeur,

Frankie Dettori, the man who'll be in the headlines tomorrow and

talked about on the radio reports this evening having won the Gold

Cup. Grand yur generally looked to be progressing -- Grandeur. The

form with Wrotham Heath, well, actually it will be very

interesting to see what happens today because there is a six pound

difference in the weights this time around. You would think that would

be enough to put Grandeur in frofpbt and obviously it's a

different racecourse -- Grandeur in front. Looks more nippy. He has

sort of, as we were watching his action there, he went down that

hill to the mile and a quarter from the mile and half and he was moving

really well on that ground. He's got Frankie Dettori on his back and

when Frankie's just had a winner, he's buzzing. I think he's good for

a couple of lengths when he's in this sort of frame of mind. Let's

take a look at the betting and the prices: Grandeur and Wrotham Heath

than Hayley Turner who becomes the first womb to ride a winner here

says Kellaway in the '80s. A horse called Rewarded here has decent

form coming into this. Newbury last time, badly hampered. Possibly

might have won that day. So this horse is not without a chance here

so we've got a girl jockey on board. Kirsty might be the second lady to

win at Royal Ascot. The horse is not without a chance. The Maktoum

colours thatryed for so many years by Willie Carson. They really fancy

this horse on Mukhadram tsh - coloured carried for so many years.

The jockey likes the horse, that means he has a chance. This German

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years ago and Schelnderhand was very successful. Wearing hoods in

races is catching on. Energizer, his owner's had a couple of races

before. Stipulate, the second string of Henry Cecil's runners or

the second lot of colours for Khalid Abdullah.

On form, you would say that Stipulate is better than Wrotham

Heath. Both the Khalid Abdullah horses are good.

He's running two to make sure he gets the prize. Tailed off in the

Sandown classic, but the ground here is not as bad as it was then.

That was the day when Joseph O'Brien went round the trees. It

was possibly that day that was false form for this horse. Forget

that. There's Richard Hughes who's had a

few that have run all right, but not quite having the week that he

wanted. When Frankie won the Gold Cup, Richard Hughes was the first

to say, isn't that brilliant. All the other jockeys happy for him.

That's good. Richard Hannon's never won this race, and in the last ten

runnings, he's only had one horse finish in the first six. Only

beaten by a short head one year to be fair, but he tends to be very

successful in the shorter races than in the two-year-old races.

This horse wound group 3 at Newmarket, so he should be able to

cope with this Group 3 here. There's Paul Hanagan, champion

jockey. He'll be looking for a win here on Mukhadram. Frankie Dettori

will be on a high. They're set. And they're racing!

And on the outside, just a fraction astride was Wrotham Heath trapped

wide early down near the inside, Cavaleiro in company with Rewarded

and all the time Tom Queally is looking over to see if he can cross.

Three wide as they race into Swindley Bottom. Now on the fence

and he settles in the lead. Wrotham Heath chose the way by two lengths,

Cavaleiro, Goldoni. Followed by Rewarded. Mukhadram. Half a length

further back is Stipulate on the outside from grand yush giving them

a fair start. -- Grandeur. They leave Swindley Bottom.

Richard Hughes has broken away from the pack on Crius and has gone

right to the far side, taking the Willie Carson route under the trees.

The leader of Stipulate by three or four lengths to second place to

Cavaleiro, followed by, I should ait's Wrotham Heath in front.

Grandeur. Still alone on the far side, Crius. Still a long way from

the leader. As they come up towards the turn, it's Wrotham Heath the

leder by two lengths to Stipulate. Grandeur coming into it now for

Dettori on the outside. Half a length to Goldoni. Followed by

Mukhadram. Rewarded dropped back, followed by Energizer. Tales Of

Grimm. Crius has tailed off. The two Cecil runners together on the

near side. Stipulate takes it up from Wrotham Heath. Grandeur,

Mukhadram, Energizer for Germany. Right down the outside, Energizer

racing quickly. A furlong left. It's the German-trained runner

who'll take it. Energizer, three lengths in front. Battling away is

Stipulate. Followed by muck muck. Here is one for Germany. Energizer

15-2 winner at Royal Ascot for Germany. Trained by jens

Hirschberger. Second is number 9, Stipulate. Rewarded third and

fourth is Mukhadram. Energizer going to the line here. About three

or four lengths I would say, or three-and-a-half, ahead of

Stipulate. A similar distance, Rewarded, fourth Mukhadram, Tales

Of Grimm on the near side. Goldoni in the centre. Grandeur. Frankie

Dettori. He was on a high but his horse wasn't good enough. And then

a gap of eight lengths or so to Cavaleiro who came here after a run

in the Derby. And Wrotham Heath who had to work to get over to the

inside rail for Tom yeely had nothing left at all. Crius was the

one who broke away from them. Tom Queally. Energizer is the winner

and the distance is two-and-a-half lengths and the same and the time

2.10.03. That's the time. There it is. For this Tercentenary Stakes.

Such an international Stake stage here. Ireland doing particularly

well and Hong Kong, a famous win on the first day and now one for

Germany. trained winner at Royal Ascot.

We've had German-bred and owned winners before. This horse owned,

bred and trained in Germany, ridden by a German jockey as well and

really appreciating the rain- softened ground and also the very

fast pace set by Wrotham Heath. Power-packed finish and come home

impressively in front. His owner has plenty of stock with

stamina. The ground is getting softer, you need a horse that's

going to get the distance really well and you can see a very happy

jockey there. He's taking in the first ever trained ever German

winner here at Royal Ascot. He won it really, really well indeed. The

second horse Sir Henry Cecil's regarded as the second, but his

form suggested he would be the first in. A very, very good race.

The third horse, Rewarded, Kirsty into the winner's enclosure.

this is the first. Adrie De Vries, those that follow racing in the

Middle East will tell you that he is one of the leading jockeys in

Qatar and has been for some time. A very talented rider. He has ridden

many winners there. This will be something very new for him. And a

very capable horseman. He has got the best out of Energizer and won.

He is wearing a hood for the first time, but sometimes that can be

deceptive. Certainly in Ireland, they do not recognise that at all.

It comes under the heading of blinkers. It is really a

technicality. It is just a bit more specialised when describing what

the head gear is. Now we can have a look at the full result. The German

football team are doing well in the Ukraine and they have hit the back

of the net at the Ascot. With the winning trainer, Jens Hirschberger.

We will try the interview in English but if it does not go well,

we have our translator here. When did you come to plan to Ascot with

the horse? We looked at the last road. -- the last race. It was too

short. We looked at the book. said the distance was too short so

we had a look at the programme and he found this race. You will be

excited by the rain. Lots of people assumed that with his pedigree he

would go in the ground. He loves the ground, definitely. If it is a

monsoon, perfect for him! What does it mean to have a Royal Ascot

winner? It is a great feeling. is all that you need to say! Thank

you and I replace you with your winning rider. Adrie De Vries. That

was a match Everson performance and really gutsy from the horse. --

magnificent performance. Yes, he wanted to step up. He settled today

and he should really good turn of foot. It looked like a battle.

testing ground and the last furlong but it helped. The step up from

that run in the Guineas? Yes, we put the had on him and he settled.

Royal Ascot win for you, what is that like? Amazing. Congratulations.

Well done. Amazing is what it is and it has been an amazing day the

Frankie Dettori as well. Victorious in the Gold Cup, surviving the

inquiry into interference in the closing stages between Colour

Vision and his Godolphin team mate Opinion Poll. You can see that

bumping just there, but the stewards ruled that it did not

improve Colour Vision's position. The placings remained unaltered.

The mud-spattered Frankie celebrated in style. Fame And Glory

was very disappointing, the well- backed favourite. No excuses

offered. They say nothing is wrong with the horse but it just was not

to be today. That is frankly explaining what happened with

Barzalona at the inquiry afterwards. -- Frankie explaining. Not too long

to wait for that response. Apart from a royal winner, which would

have been lovely, the only thing that was missing was frankly.

him winning the Gold Cup or was wonderful. -- Frankie. German

horses winning, Frankie Dettori beating everything, and most

amazing horse. You have had a very good day. Two winners in the second

and one to go. These are the horses that Willie Carson recommended at

the beginning of the day. Let us abandon won. Fame And Glory let you

down. -- Reckless Abandon won. You told me you were going to go for

Colour Vision. Yes, but the rain let me down. Tales of Grimm did not

look as though he enjoyed that ground. Adam Kirby Road Reckless

Abandon. The stewards looked at his use of the whip and they are

referring him to the British Horseracing Association because he

has had some infractions. He has got to go to the head office to

talk about it and look at the films. The presentation is being made

behind us by Virginia Wade, to the German collections of Energizer.

She won Wimbledon in 1977, the Silver Jubilee year. Jens

Hirschberger and the owners. They are receiving that trophy and

holding it aloft. Germany have a winner! In terms of the European

Championships, they are in full swing. Quarter-final action tonight

at 7:30pm on BBC One. The Czech Republic against Portugal. We will

be on air tomorrow at 1:45pm on BBC One and there will be coverage on

BBC Two at BBC interactive. That is where we are going now because we