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Docklands was a dramatic winner of the opening Queen Anne Stakes as the 14-1 shot beat favourite Rosallion by a nose.
The winner, trained by Harry Eustace, just gained victory in the Queen Anne Stakes in a photo finish, despite Australian jockey Mark Zahra losing his whip in the closing stages.
“Everyone kept scaring me with the whip rules so I thought it was just as easy to throw it away at the 200-metre mark,” joked Zahra.
The 100-1 shot Cairo was third, with Notable Speech fourth after rider William Buick also lost his whip and struggled to find a clear passage.
Docklands won the Britannia Stakes at the 2023 meeting before finishing second in the Queen Anne last year.
American Affair secured the King Charles III Stakes for Scottish trainer Jim Goldie’s first Group One triumph.
Ridden by Paul Mulrennan, the 11-1 victor edged out Frost At Dawn by a neck.
“Funnily enough, I was pretty confident he would do it today. It’s great – it means a lot,” said Goldie, who has trained since 1994.
The 7-2 favourite Gstaad was an impressive three-length winner of the Coventry Stakes, with outsiders Do Or Do Not (80-1) and Coppull (66-1) second and third.
Ryan Moore led his mount down the middle of the track to give trainer Aidan O’Brien an 11th winner in the race.
Albert Einstein would have been favourite but for a joint injury ruling him out, and O’Brien paid a huge compliment to Gstaad’s stablemate, saying he is “the most different horse we’ve ever seen. He’s so quick”.
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