Ascot, United Kingdom, June 19, 2026 (AFP) - Sun shines on jockey Lee at Royal Ascot

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2026-06-19

Last October jockey Clifford Lee came within a "millimetre" of dying when he broke a vertebra in a motorbike crash -- on Friday he rode Venetian Sun to victory in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. The 30-year-old Englishman was out of action for five-and-a-half months after the accident with the surgeon saying "he was within less than a millimetre of killing himself". Lee gave Venetian Sun a fine ride in the Group One race, a year to the day t......

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