A tale of two jockeys: Dettori sums up his own year and Doyle sums up a paradox

Aside from Baaeed's defeat, when it came to talking points two jockeys dominated the 12th edition of Champions Day: Frankie Dettori, and his heir apparent when it comes to racing connecting with the wider public, Hollie Doyle.

Between them they guided the favourites to glory in the first three races on the card, with Doyle muscling her way to a third Long Distance Cup on Trueshan and Dettori running away with the Sprint and Fillies & Mares aboard Kinross and Emily Upjohn. Ascot was absolutely bouncing.

Dettori has always had an affinity with the royal racecourse, yet it was his struggles at the track's five-day spectacular in June that led to the building tensions between himself and John Gosden becoming public, with the trainer's immortal line of "our hero overcomplicated it" in the wake of Stradivarius's Gold Cup defeat.