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Royal Ascot 2024 outcomes: Auguste Rodin, Illinois, Operating Lion win on day two


Moore had secured his eightieth Royal Ascot victory as 7-4 favorite Illinois gained the Queen’s Vase from Highbury in a 1-2 for coach O’Brien.

It was an eighth win within the race for O’Brien, which matches the document of Sir Henry Cecil.

Large-spending house owners Wathnan Racing – headed by Sheikh Tamim, the emir of Qatar – purchased a number of horses for Ascot within the build-up to the assembly and struck in Wednesday’s opening Queen Mary Stakes.

The 22-1 probability Leovanni, skilled by Karl Burke, stormed clear within the remaining furlong beneath James Doyle, with Gavin Cromwell’s 50-1 probability Mighty Eriu in second.

Operating Lion (6-1) gave jockey Oisin Murphy his second victory of the 2024 assembly within the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes.

Trainers John and Thady Gosden had the primary two house, with the gray profitable from stablemate Laurel, who was coming back from a 396-day absence.

And Murphy clocked up one other as Wild Tiger gained the Royal Hunt Cup for Godolphin coach Saeed bin Suroor.

The 11-2 joint favorite held on by a head from the fast-finishing Sonny Liston, runner-up for the second 12 months operating for Ralph Beckett.

However Beckett had quick compensation within the Kensington Palace Stakes due to the well-bred Doha, a son of Sea The Stars and Treve, ridden by Hector Crouch.

Ain’t No person was effectively backed within the Windsor Citadel Stakes and the assist proved justified as Jamie Spencer guided the 5-1 probability to victory for Kevin Ryan.

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