Since the distance of the Queen’s Vase (G2) was reduced to one mile and six furlongs in 2017 it has become a springboard to group 1 glory.

The vast majority of U.S.-trained sprinters at Royal Ascot in recent years have had tremendous speed from the stalls. It is reasonable to assume there should be pace on either side with the two U.S. runners in the June 16 Queen Mary Stakes (G2).

From breeding a New York classic winner to hitting the board in England, David Mowat has done it all.

Love is finally back on track for the June 16 Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) during the second day of the Royal Ascot meeting. She has a 300-day absence to overcome. She faces colts, and a field of predominantly older horses, for the first time.

It would have been easy to question Jim Bolger’s decision to try Poetic Flare for a fourth time in group 1 company in just 45 days, especially after classic glory at Newmarket was followed by two defeats, but to do so was to underestimate the man.

Late money forced Oxted down from 8-1 to 4-1 and it proved to be a well-founded gamble as Cieren Fallon calmly plotted his way to a first Royal Ascot success in the King’s Stand Stakes (G1), the most furious race of the week.

A childhood dream and a substantial gamble were realized for owner Paul Spickett after Berkshire Shadow burst through late to land the Coventry Stakes (G2) at Ascot under Oisin Murphy.

Talk of penalties during a major football tournament is enough to unsettle followers of certain teams but when it came to an apparent penalty kick for Palace Pier in the June 15 Queen Anne (G1) there were no such concerns for Frankie Dettori.

Deann Baer, along with husband Greg Baer, runs a successful small-scale breeding endeavor that has produced two Breeders’ Cup runners, a dream she never imagined as a young equestrian. 

Godolphin’s Mystic Guide, winner of the Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1), remains the top horse in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll.