Mike Francis looks back at the great Flat festival

QUEEN ANNE STAKES The world’s top-rated racehorse Palace Pier followed up his St James’s Palace Stakes win from 2020 with victory in the Queen Anne Stakes over a mile.Sent off a red-hot 2/7 favourite under Royal Ascot’s most prolific current jockey Frankie Dettori, the four-year-old was pushed out for a comfortable length and a half success over Lope Y Fernandez (12/1), with Sir Busker (22/1) another length back in third.This victory was a 74th at the meeting for the rider, and a first for John Gosden in a traini...