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'I'm too happy to cry'

QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY 21 October

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Qipco British Champions Day, Ascot Racecourse, Berks

IN unprecedented scenes on a spine-tingling afternoon of racing, the sport’s greatest showman Frankie Dettori signed off an incredible era with a fly-past in front of 30,000 appreciative fans.

The effervescent 52-year-old Italian wrote the perfect script, conjuring up two of his greatest rides of the past 37 years to conclude the British chapter of his career. He produced a tactical masterclass to win the curtain-raiser Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup on Trawlerman, then bookended the day with a driving victory on King Of Steel in the

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