An emotional Frankie Dettori lifts the 2000 Guineas crown, and Oisin Murphy and Mawj make their presence felt
QIPCO GUINEAS FESTIVAL 5-7 May
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QIPCO Guineas Festival, Newmarket, Cambs
THE recurring theme of the 2023 Flat season is likely to be Frankie Dettori's retirement, but starting it by winning the QIPCO 2000 Guineas, on Chaldean, his last ride in the Classic, was beyond even the jockey's wildest imagination.
OK, it may not quite have been up there with Sam Waley-Cohen winning the Grand National on his very last ride, but it was a terrific start if you discount the less positive dress rehearsal Dettori was unseated leaving the stalls in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury a fortnight before. This weekend's performance was perfect from
