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Racing: Royal Ascot: 2012

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Mick Fitzgerald

Rishi Persad

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Racing: Royal Ascot: 2012: Episode 8: Day 4, Part 2

Day 4, Part 2

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Episode 8: Day 4, Part 2

2012

BBC One - Racing: Royal Ascot, 2012, Day 4, Part 2

Clare Balding presents coverage from day four of the event from Ascot.

Clare Balding presents coverage from day four of the event from Ascot. The Coronation Stakes is the highlight of the day, as three-year-old horses race over a mile of track.

Day four of the event which has been part of the sporting and social fabric of the nation for nearly 250 years.

Every day the meeting begins with the royal procession, featuring four horse-drawn carriages bringing HM the Queen and her party to the course.

The Coronation Stakes is the highlight of the day. Contested by three-year-old fillies over a mile, the contest was won in authoritative fashion in 2011 by France's Immortal Verse - a fitting result in an increasingly international gathering.

Clare Balding hosts the coverage from Ascot. She is joined by Willie Carson, Mick Fitzgerald, Rishi Persad, Suzi Perry, Ian Bartlett and John Parrott. Race commentary comes from Jim McGrath.

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