Dettori signs off with Ascot winner

GODOLPHIN and Frankie Dettori gave Ascot a signature victory salute as the course’s gates were closed for the start of a 20-month transformation that will set a new benchmark for British racing yesterday.

Mon, 27 Sep, 2004 - 01:00

The bulldozers and diggers start their work today as the building of a new £185m grandstand complex begins.

Ascot aficionados wanting a souvenir will be able to pick up a lump of genuine Ascot turf from Car Park No.1 next week.

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