Then I rode in five races back-to-back, I’m done! “The royal procession was amazing, to see all the people there. I’ll enjoy this moment, I’m looking forward to a nice beer actually – but don’t tell anyone that! “It’s been really amazing, I’ve been pulled left, right and centre by everyone, cheered by everyone so it’s been very overwhelming, but I haven’t had time to get emotional. We were both fasting, I don’t know why because I was riding and he wasn’t – he must be on a diet! “I didn’t eat at all, I had a full-fat Coca Cola and I looked across and the King wasn’t eating himself.

“I was sad this morning but once I was up and running doing things, I went to Windsor Castle to have lunch with the King and the Queen,” Dettori said. The remainder of the week could not reach quite the same highs, but there was still a further significant moment as the jockey and his wife Catherine joined the royal procession led by the King and Queen from Windsor Castle before racing. Frankie Dettori and Gold Cup hero Courage Mon Ami (Healy Racing Ltd) The Gold Cup is the feature race of the five days and Dettori’s triumph seemed to be fated as he guided John and Thady Gosden’s Courage Mon Ami to victory when rolling the dice for the last time on Thursday.

The Italian will bow out at the end of the year, meaning his tour of this season’s fixtures is a farewell to the sport he has dominated for decades.

Frankie Dettori and Jamie Snowden arrive by carriage for day five of Royal Ascotįrankie Dettori may have come away empty-handed from the final day of his last ever Royal Ascot, but the affection throughout the racecourse was still palpable for the legendary rider at the track he is simply synonymous with.

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