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Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Derby

Days after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, she had her best chance of owning the winner of the Derby, but first the horse would have to beat the British public鈥檚 favourite jockey.

A few days after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, she had her best chance of owning the winner of the Derby, but first the horse would have to beat the British public鈥檚 favourite jockey.

Peter O鈥橲ullevan talked to Julian Bedford in this programme first broadcast in 2012.

(Photo: Champion jockey Sir Gordon Richards being led in after winning the Coronation Derby on 'Pinza'. Credit: Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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