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 received 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.

Massive-spending homeowners 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 last 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 dwelling, with the gray profitable from stablemate Laurel, who was getting back from a 396-day absence.

And Murphy clocked up one other as Wild Tiger received 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 yr operating for Ralph Beckett.

However Beckett had instant 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 properly backed within the Windsor Citadel Stakes and the help proved justified as Jamie Spencer guided the 5-1 probability to victory for Kevin Ryan.

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