1:18:16
## Every duke and earl and peer is here #
1:18:20
# Everyone who should be here is here #
1:18:23
# What a smashing, positively dashing #
1:18:27
# Spectacle, the Ascot opening day #
1:18:31
# At the gate are all the horses #
1:18:34
# Waiting for the cue to fly away #
1:18:39
# What a gripping, absolutely ripping #
1:18:42
# Moment at the Ascot opening day #
1:18:46
# Pulses rushing #
1:18:50
# Faces flushing #
1:18:54
# Heartbeats speed up #
1:18:58
# I have never been so keyed up! #
1:19:02
# Any second now #
1:19:04
# They'll begin to run #
1:19:05
# Hark! A bell is ringing #
1:19:07
# They are springing forward. Look! #
1:19:10
# It has begun #
1:19:37
# What a frenzied moment that was #
1:19:41
# Didn't they maintain an exhausting pace? #
1:19:46
# It was a thrilling, absolutely chilling #
1:19:49
# Running of the Ascot opening race! ##