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Rolf Johnson scratches his head about the summer game’s flat finale

Bedlam on QIPCO Champions Day, fomented by the only true champion on view but one who hasn’t held the jockey’s title since 2004 and never (never say never about Frankie Dettori!) will again.
Defining what is or isn’t a ‘champions day’ is problematical. Big Rock’s astounding victory in the Queen Elizabeth II had shades of Frankel but the French colt back home was no match for the uncontested, world class, Ace Impact too valuable to be risked at Ascot and retired to stud.
The whole concept of Champions Day depended o...