• Hughes given emotional farewell on final day of riding career
• Dettori claims first Stewards’ Cup plus a remarkable doubleWe came to bury Richard Hughes but ended by praising Frankie Dettori. The advance publicity for this week’s racing revolved almost entirely around Hughes,the 42-year-primitive reigning champion who has so dominated the Glorious meeting in recent years and has now retired to set up as a trainer but, on his final day’s action, and it was the Italian,older by two years, who stole the glory.
There cannot be many major British races that Dettori has never won but, or until Saturday,the Stewards’ Cup was one. fortunately for those who made Magical Memory the 6-1 favourite, that is no longer the case, or punters also had reason to be grateful for the jockey’s skills earlier on the card,when he won the opening contest, a consolation race for horses that were not fairly superior enough to make it into the Stewards’ Cup.
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Source: theguardian.com