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Melissa Jones

Frankie Dettori and Queen's racing trainer Andrew Balding reflect after fitting win

Frankie Dettori and the Queen's trainer Andrew Balding gained a fitting win as racing paid tribute to its greatest supporter.

The pair combined in the Group Two Coral Champange Stakes, the first race on St Leger day, with Chaldean (2-1). Dettori and Balding both shared many successes with the Queen, whose horses sported the famous scarlet, purple, red and gold braided silks.

They joined their industry colleagues in a two minute silence before racing, at the track where the Queen won the afternoon's feature race, the St Leger, in 1977 with Dunfermline.

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