Derby day dawns bright and sunny, and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive early to enjoy the day's racing Smartly-dressed racegoers with binoculars monitor progress from the grandstand during the first race In the first race of the day, Richard Hills rides Zaham to victory in the Vodafone Make The Most Of Now Stakes Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained Declaration of War, ridden by Robert Havlin, wins the Vodafone Woodcote Stakes Graham Gibbons on Blythe Knight comes up on the rail to beat Frankie Dettori on Blue Ksar in the Vodafone Diomed Stakes Hogmaneigh, ridden by Saleem Golam (red and white) comes from behind to win the five-furlong Vodafone 'Dash' Stakes All eyes are on Frankie Dettori on favourite Authorized in the day's feature race, as he aims to bag his first ever Derby win The pair sit back for the early part of the race, and are roared on as they surge through the field to win by five lengths A delighted Dettori performs his trademark winning jump from Authorized, Peter Chapple-Hyam's second winner of the day
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