Palace Pier (Kingman) showed why he is rated the best miler in the world as the red-hot favourite ran out a convincing winner of the opening race of the royal meeting, the Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m). The John and Thady Gosden-trained four-year-old was winning for the second successive year at Royal Ascot, having... Read More

Poetic Flare (3 c Dawn Approach – Maria Lee by Rock Of Gibraltar) produced a sublime performance in the St James’s Palace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) yesterday to follow in the hoofprints of his sire and become the 15th horse to complete the 2,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m)-St James’s Palace double.  The Jim Bolger-trained colt... Read More

Last year’s July Cup (Gr 1, 6f) winner Oxted (5 g Mayson – Charlotte Rosina by Choisir) powered home best of all to claim a frenetic running of the King’s Stand Stakes (Gr 1, 5f) as reigning champion Battaash (Dark Angel) weakened to finish fourth.  The result delivered a first Royal Ascot winner for both... Read More

First for Sea The Moon Lanwades Stud’s Sea The Moon (Sea The Stars) recorded his first Group 1 winner as a sire when Alpine Star (3 f ex Alpha Lupi by Rahy) took out the Coronation Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) yesterday. Sea The Moon stood for £15,000 in 2020.   Second for Kingman Juddmonte stallion... Read More

Southern hemisphere-trained horses might not have been able to make the trip to Royal Ascot this year, but New Zealand was still well-represented in the winner’s enclosure at the royal meeting as Hello Youmzain (Kodiac), carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud, took out the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1, 6f) yesterday.  Hello Youmzain led the... Read More