Globetrotting horse Highland Reel wins at Royal Ascot

In a course record, the Richard Hannon-trained horse beat out Lancaster Bomber for the victory, while stablemate Thunder Snow took third.

Doyle passed the post shaking his fist in celebration.

As Lancaster Bomber, stablemate of the odds-on Churchill, pressed on early down the straight, the market principals were wound up for their efforts, with the eventual victor coming under a maximum drive over a quarter of a mile from home.

In fact, at first look, some thought she was wearing the exact same dress as previous year and if she was, fair play to her, nothing wrong with recycling a fab outfit which Kate has been known to do in the past.

Blue is the colour for the Queen at Royal Ascot, with bettingexpert digging into the data to discover that she has opted for that colour hat at the equine showpiece more times than any other shade.

Following the attacks, heightened security is in place for this year's Ascot.

The racecourse is making a donation of £100,000 to the British Red Cross UK Solidarity and London Fire Relief Funds.

The big bets for the Royal Ascot will be covered by bet365 Sports, who are offering a huge set of betting opportunities throughout all five days of action.

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Johnny Weatherby, chairman of Ascot Racecourse, said: "We have all been deeply saddened by recent tragic events around the country".

"This is wonderful for American racing", said Ward, who has eight career winners at Ascot since 2009. She was joined by husband Prince Charles in the carriage.

A high proportion of the crowd were dressed up to the nines - men sporting top hats and tails and the women in their most elegant finery.

The famous sporting event attracts hundreds of thousands of racegoers over the five-day meeting and is a firm fixture in the Queen's diary.

Frankie Dettori admitted it was "soul destroying" to have to rule himself out of the entire Royal Ascot meeting due to an arm injury.

The Godolphin trainer said: "Aqabah won on his first start at Ascot, so he has course experience, and then he went to the Curragh and finished fourth but I wasn't disappointed because the ground went against us". A year ago she wore a strikingly similar white lace midi to the races. The French race [Prix Jacques Le Marois] which he won previous year is only 10 days after the Sussex so we can't go to both.

11-10 favourite Ribchester opened proceedings by winning the Queen Anne Stakes by one-and-a-quarter lengths from Mutakayvef, with Deauville in third.