Calandagan storms to King George triumph at Ascot
The King George is a highlight of the Flat racing season and it was announced on Saturday the contest will become Britain's richest race next year with a prize fund of £2m.Boasting a purse of £1.5m this year, along with the Derby at Epsom, its roll call of winners include greats such as Nijinsky, Shergar, Dancing Brave and Galileo.The 2025 King George renewal was the 75th running of the race and came 50 years after Grundy beat Bustino in an epic billed as 'the race of the century'.
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Roar to victory: what the papers say about the Lionesses Euro win
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Beloved ITV detective show slapped with 'trigger warning' for crime scenes in 'woke' move
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England started the Euros being doubted - but showed resolve, resilience and relentlessness
Being with the Lionesses before they boarded their bus - for a late night of partying - was to intrude in celebrations but glimpse into the mindset of champions. How such resolve, resilience and relentlessness can be mustered by a group of players who have given so much, been through so much over the last month in Switzerland. They leave as back-to-back European champions after conquering the world champions on penalties. Avenging the World Cup final defeat to Spain two years ago. 1:45 And yet they started the Euros being doubted - the first reigning champions to make a losing start. Twice they came close to elimination; saved both times by Michelle Agyemang. They led for less than five minutes in the knockout stage. But all that matters is the name engraved on the trophy - even if they took the scenic rather than the smooth route to glory. They showed how to fight back. How to win on penalties - twice. And above all, how to confront the most painful and challenging of situations. How many of those who posted racist abuse to Jess Carter are now celebrating the dogged defending that prevented Spain running away with last night's final? 2:57 And after the final, Carter opened up to Sky News about how close she came to leaving this tournament - a week after revealing the scale of the racist abuse face. I'd just informed her about fans singing her name in Basel. "It's incredible - I'm disappointed as to why it's come around and that's obviously really sad," Carter said in our post-match interview. "I can't thank them enough. Because honestly without my fans, family and my teammates I'm not sure I'd ever have the courage to go back on the pitch and play again. "I'm not really someone who struggles with the hate they receive because everyone has their opinion. "But this tournament has been really tough and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to come back on the pitch and be me." How grateful England are that she did stay. And how much appreciation for Lucy Bronze? Only after the final did the defender reveal she had been playing with a fractured tibia in all six matches here. "I've not been training all the time," she said. "But just played the games and fought for my team." Including when scoring England's final spot-kick against Sweden in the quarter-finals. And that shootout managed to feel even more dramatic and nervy - thanks to the four England misses - than the one that sealed victory over Spain. Because England had Chloe Kelly to turn to. Just as they did three years ago in extra time of the final, scoring the winner against Germany at Wembley. But football came to losing Kelly in January. After accusing Manchester City of trying to "assassinate my character", she nearly packed up her boots for good. Arsenal restored her belief and ensured she came to Switzerland a Champions League winner, confidence back, ready to complete the job for England again. "Thank you everyone who wrote me off, I'm grateful," Kelly said after scoring England's fifth and final penalty after Hannah Hampton's goalkeeping heroics. "There were a lot of tears at full time especially when I saw my family. Those are the people that got me through dark moments." But there will be so many moments of joy to take from these Euros, memories to bottle up, new superstars to embrace. 2:46 Because if it was not for Michelle Agyemang, England might not even have made it to the final. So while Kelly takes the plaudits as the match winner again, just remember how the striker came to England's rescue. Not once - with the equaliser against Sweden from 2-0 down - but again to level in the 96th minute against Italy in the semi-final. And just remember how Agyemang is only 19, leaving her first tournament a champion. As the Lionesses arrived back at their Euros base in Zurich early this morning, to party into the early hours, Heather Small's Proud was playing. The players who made their triple European champion manager Sarina Wiegman proud - and the nation so proud, once again. "We've shown resilience, we've shown character," forward Beth Mead said. "And we've smashed it and won."
