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Royal Ascot 2024 runs from Tuesday to Saturday with a record total of £10 million of prize money on offer across 35 races, all of which are being shown live on ITV or ITV4 and Sky Sports Racing. (PHOTO BY: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

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Flashback to 2007 when Lester Piggott and Frankie Dettori were pictured together at Newmarket. (PHOTO BY: Julian Herbert/Getty Images).

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Frankie Dettori treats the crowd to his trademark flying dismount after winning the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Stradivarius (PHOTO BY: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

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Trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore, who could be in for a big day at Royal Ascot today. (PHOTO BY: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

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Stradivarius, who will be aiming to win the Gold Cup for the second year running. (PHOTO BY: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images).

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Frankie Dettori, sporting the colours of the Queen, is the top jockey at Royal Ascot. (PHOTO BY: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images).

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Brazilian Silvestre de Sousa, who will be crowned champion jockey for the third time on Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday, October 20.

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Frankie Dettori celebrates after winning last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Enable, who is favourite to repeat her success on Sunday.

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Frankie Dettori salutes the York crowd after victory on Poet's Society to make Mark Johnston (centre) the winningmost trainer in British racing history. (PHOTO BY: James Hardisty)

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Cracksman and jockey Frankie Dettori, showing off his trademark flying dismount, who were the stars of the show on Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot. (PHOTO BY: Simon Hulme, Yorkshire Post Newspapers)

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RACING ROYALTY -- Frankie Dettori rides a winner for The Queen this time last year at the Ebor Festival at York.

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ARC HEROES -- Frankie Dettori on Golden Horn, winner of the 2015 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. (PHOTO BY: Michel Euler/AP Photo).

Golden Horn and Frankie Dettori sink the Treve triumphalism

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DERBY DUEL -- Golden Horn, ridden by Frankie Dettori, sweeps by stablemate Jack Hobbs to win the Investec Derby at Epsom (PHOTO BY: PA Wire).

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Frankie Dettori . Photo by: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

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Johnny Murtagh celebrates winning the King George VI Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Novellist during day two of 2013 Betfair Weekend at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday July 27, 2013. See PA Story RACING Ascot. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire.

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