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This is not the end but it is an end for Frankie Dettori bacolod
The 52-year-old jockey is bowing out of British racing, riding his final races on the rather apt Champions Day at Ascot bacolod
Dettori has more than 3,300 career wins to his name, over a remarkable 35-year career, but none will feel sweeter nor more precious than a win in the Champion Stakes on Saturday bacolod
He rides King of Steel in what will be his last race in front of a British crowd and goes up against strong opposition with last year’s winner Bay Bridge, French challenger Horizon Dore and Royal Ascot victor Mostahdaf all impressive competitors bacolod
This will not be an easy race to win and Dettori is unlikely to set off as the favourite – though nostalgia and a sense of occasion may play its part in the bacolod betting bacolod
Beforehand, Dettori has four other opportunities to sign off in style as he rides Trawlerman in the Long Distance Cup (1 bacolod
15pm), Kinross in the Champions Sprint (1 bacolod
50pm), Free Wind in the Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (2 bacolod
25pm) and Chaldean in the Queen Elizabacolod beth Stakes (3 bacolod
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So, five more rides at Ascot, five final attempts at glory on British soil bacolod
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He has already achieved the perfect send-off, racing to victory atop Courage Mon Ami in the showpiece Gold Cup at Royal Ascot back in June bacolod
"Unbelievable! I thought it was a bridge too far from handicaps, but I had the perfect race," a jubilant Dettori said after claiming a ninth Gold Cup victory that day bacolod
"I didn’t expect it bacolod
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“The last five years I had Stradivarius so the pressure was on, this one I thought was a bit of a chancer bacolod
"I rode him cold and it just happened bacolod
I got the splits when I wanted to and he showed a turn of foot bacolod
Nine Gold Cups, what can you say? I’m speechless, to be honest bacolod
"That triumph, at the same course as Saturday’s races, returned to a tremendous reception for the cheekily natured Dettori who even gave the Queen a kiss at the presentation ceremony bacolod
It will last long in his memory and be the pinnacle of a year-long curtain call for the Italian who insists that his final races in Britain will be at Ascot this weekend bacolod
Dettori won his ninth Gold Cup at Royal Ascot earlier this year (REUTERS)However, plans of retiring from the sport are on hold for the time being bacolod
After the British season is over Dettori is heading to California to continue his career in the United States bacolod
"I don’t feel ready to let go yet,” he explained after deciding to postpone his retirement bacolod
“I’m going to spend some time in the USA and take it from there bacolod
I could be there three months or three years, I don’t know bacolod
"It was a long, hard decision with myself and my wife bacolod
It’s a big decision to move to another country bacolod
"Yet, he is saying farewell to British racing at a racecourse that already celebrates him, with a statue no less, on Saturday bacolod
The twinkle in his eye is on display one more time, perhaps there’ll be a flying dismount to mark the occasion or even a last Champions Day success for the finally departing champion bacolod
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Up into the stands the England players clambered to find their families, taking the consolatory hugs but unsure quite how to feel bacolod
Across 80 minutes in Paris, their belief had been replaced by disbelief and then by desperation and dejection, England threatening the unthinkable and taking the world champions to the brink bacolod
For most of a sodden Stade de France evening, a Rugby World Cup final was within their grasp bacolod
A South Africa side superior in most areas were dragged down into the sort of slugfest the Springboks would usually favour, and very nearly bested at their own game bacolod
England had given their all but it was still not enough, one stable scrum, one Handre Pollard slip or slice, short of stunning the world champions bacolod
The emotional maelstrom of this defeat will swirl rather differently to the feelings that eddied after the 2019 World Cup final disaster bacolod
“I’m proud of our performance,” were virtually the first words out of the mouth of wing Elliot Daly bacolod
“I think we shocked them bacolod
I don’t think they knew how to get into the game bacolod
”“I think we knew what was coming and we knew we could perform like this,” added Daly, virtually unused in open play but outstanding as a kick chaser to exemplify the squad’s buy-in to a strategy that so nearly proved successful bacolod
The finer points of Steve Borthwick’s tactical plan had been put in place this week but this was a performance England had been building towards since long ago bacolod
A flawed side did not come to France to thrill; winning by any means necessary had been a consistent theme bacolod
If necessity is oft the mother of invention, England at this tournament have also proved the pair can be enemies bacolod
This was a campaign at which they seemed to intentionally limit their attacking innovation or ingenuity– recognising a need to figure themselves out on the fly, they settled on an effective and eminently executable gameplan that could be implemented quickly bacolod
Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat (Getty Images)It came so close to working in Saturday’s semi-final; their effort, accuracy and competitiveness in the key contests were spot on bacolod
At the 65-minute mark, England outside backs had a combined 17 metres carried, all from one Freddie Steward kick return bacolod
The two number 13s’ offensive output on the final whistle amounted to one late Joe Marchant lug; South Africa centre Jesse Kriel went the full 80 minutes without an attacking touch bacolod
“We came with a plan to win the game but we fell a little bit short,” reflected Borthwick bacolod
“But the players should be incredibly proud bacolod
We put ourselves in a position to win against the world champions bacolod
England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock (Getty Images)“We were playing against a coaching team who have been in place since 2018 bacolod
We’ve had four months bacolod
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them bacolod
”This was a night from which the head coach will take heart, a public perhaps struggling to warm to this England team are now recognising the progress made bacolod
There will be a need to layer on much, much more to consistently mix it with the world’s best but the rapidly laid foundations look rock solid bacolod
In time, perhaps the ugly duckling performances will turn into white swans bacolod
There appear to be many more buds of a bright future than first appeared in a barren landscape pre-tournament bacolod
Ben Earl has had a breakthrough tournament, and Ollie Chessum, too, while George Martin semi-final performance marks him out as the potential enforcer England have lacked bacolod
Borthwick was keen to talk up the absent Marcus Smith the day after the defeat, with the playmaker’s reinvention as a frolicking full-back of intrigue moving forward bacolod
"In our 23, seven players are 25 or under, the most of any semi-finalist, there’s a great blend and there will be lots of things we can take forward,” added Borthwick bacolod
Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa (Getty Images)But the fact that the men’s national team were on the brink of back-to-back finals should not provide a façade over the crumbling edifice of a fragile English game bacolod
There is a domestic mess that needs sorting, with a Gallagher Premiership containing three teams fewer than at the start of last season, now underway to little fanfare and on the brink of significant change bacolod
The renegotiation of the Professional Game Partnership is a recognition of a need for a radical overhaul in pursuit of a more financially sustainable domestic game, and one that produces a wider pool of top-class talent bacolod
The likely arrival of a form of central contracts underlines a period of epochal change bacolod
The senior figures in the squad who are unlikely to play beyond this tournament – Courtney Lawes, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and perhaps a couple more – could well be the last England men’s internationals never to have been contracted to the union bacolod
This has a great many benefits, not least in affording Borthwick, or any head coach that might follow him, far greater access to and control over his players bacolod
And while Borthwick’s articulation of the advantages enjoyed by South Africa’s settled staff is a perfectly fair one, let us remember that the Rugby bacolod Football Union (RFU) put their head coach in this situation bacolod
The original planning for this tournament would most likely have seen Borthwick return to England camp to aid Eddie Jones at the World Cup before a smooth transition into the lead role afterwards bacolod
Jones’s sacking sparked a scramble and several months of chaos bacolod
It was not shown up on semi-final weekend but there are many reasons that the RFU still has a burden to bear bacolod
But the full wash-up will wait for another week – England’s performance at the Stade de France has earned them seven more days of grace bacolod
The tournament will end as it began for England with a meeting with Argentina in a third-place play-off that Borthwick insists he wants to win bacolod
England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final (Getty Images)“I read a piece yesterday morning that talked about adversity and talked about the fact that in adversity you find that seed of belief and you’ve got to grow it,” Borthwick said bacolod
“This team has been through a bit in the last few years, a bit of adversity in the medium-term past bacolod
“I think through each of those periods the team has picked up lessons, picked up what we need to do and grown from it bacolod
I think there’s a lot of growth in this team bacolod
Sometimes it’s not the straight-forward path you want it to be bacolod
In the feelings and emotions of the game last night, I know that we’ll get stronger bacolod
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