Summary

  • Coverage of day four at Royal Ascot

  • Different League wins (14:30) Albany Stakes

  • Permian wins (15:05) at Royal Ascot

  • Caravaggio wins (15:40) Commonwealth Cup

  • Winter wins (16:20) Coronation Stakes

  1. Winter and Caravaggio win at Royal Ascotpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Winter and Caravaggio give trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore a big-race double at Royal Ascot.

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  2. That's all for nowpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Adam Whitty
    BBC South

    We had a wonderful burst of Winter in mid-June this afternoon.

    It capped another marvellous day at Royal Ascot, and there is only one more left.

    We will be back in the saddle for a final day of coverage from 10:00 BST tomorrow.

    Who knows, we could even have a Royal winner?

    WinterImage source, Getty Images
  3. The Queen: 60 years at Ascot as Monarchpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Adam Whitty
    BBC South

    This year's Royal Ascot is the 65th since The Queen became Monarch, and she has attended the event over 300 times over those seven decades.

    She attended her first just months after her accession to the throne in 1952.

    Have a look at this wonderful footage from that day.

    Media caption,

    The Queen attended her first Royal Ascot as monarch months after her accession in 1952.

  4. 'Now we can party'published at 17:53 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield presented the trophy for the King Edward IV Stakes race earlier.

    The 'This Morning' presenters had to be well behaved for that, but you feel they may get on the orange juices after that.

  5. Rare Rhythm strikes for Godolphinpublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Rare Rhythm won the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes to give Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin team their sixth win of the 2017 Royal Ascot meeting.

    The five-year-old gelding (20-1), trained by Charlie Appleby, gave jockey William Buick his fourth victory of the week.

    Rare Rhythm had not competed since finishing eighth after a troubled run in this race a year ago, and had warmed up with some training runs at Chelmsford Racecourse.

  6. Rare Rhythm wins at Royal Ascotpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Duke of Edinburgh Stakes

    17:35 result

    1 Rare Rhythm 20-1

    2 Appeared 13-2

    3 Star Storm 14-1

    4 Top Tug 8-1

    19 ran

    Also: 4-1 Fav Wadigor

  7. Punter's £1m bet fails in final furlongpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    AscotImage source, Getty Images
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    The punter placed seven bets in an accumulator for the races at Ascot

    The £40 accumulator was placed earlier in the week at Ladbrokes in Dunstable.

    Punter's £1m bet falls on final furlong

    The £40 accumulator was placed earlier in the week at Ladbrokes in Dunstable.

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  8. A Royal win at Royal Ascot?published at 17:35 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Will the Queen be celebrating her 24th Royal Ascot winner as a racehorse owner? We'll find out soon.

    Her Majesty has one of the favourites - Mainstream, trained by Sir Michael Stoute - in the final race of the day, the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (17:35 BST).

    You can check out the racecard and all the Ascot results on the BBC Sport website.

  9. Stradivarius stars for Gosdenpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Trainer John Gosden could have a Classic contender on his hands after Stradivarius hit the right note to win the Queen's Vase from runner-up Count Octave.

    Gosden punched the air after victory and for the son of 2009 Derby winner Sea The Stars, who is now as low as 8-1 for the St Leger at Doncaster in September.

    Stradivarius wins at AscotImage source, PA
  10. Winter triumphs in another star performancepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

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  11. Stradivarius wins Queen's Vasepublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    17:00 result

    1 Stradivarius 11-2

    2 Count Octave 8-1

    3 Secret Advisor 10-1

    13 ran

    Also: 5-1 Fav Belgravia 4th

  12. Queen's Vase coming uppublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    There's a change this year for the next race, the Queen's Vase (17:00 BST), and it means the runners and riders are competing over a shorter trip.

    Down to one mile and six furlongs (or 2,800 metres) from two miles, the leading contenders include Time To Study and Desert Skyline.

    Aidan O'Brien, who trained last year's winner Sword Fighter, runs Belgravia and Wisconsin while the shrewd Dermot Weld has his only Ascot entry of the week - Haripour.

    You can check out the racecard on the BBC Sport website.

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    Winter completes O'Brien doublepublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    The English and Irish 1000 Guineas winner Winter (4-9 favourite) took victory in the Coronation Stakes to complete a big-race double for jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O'Brien.

    Winter passed the post with two and a quarter lengths in hand over Roly Poly, while Hydrangea was third to give trainer O'Brien a one-two-three, and a second victory on the day after Caravaggio in the preceding Commonwealth Cup.

  14. Winter wins at Royal Ascotpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Coronation Stakes

    16:20 result

    1 Winter 4-9 Fav

    2 Roly Poly 12-1

    7 ran

    3 Hydrangea 16-1

    Also: 13-2 Dabyah 4th

    Winter wins Coronation StakesImage source, Reuters
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    Winter winner at Ascot?published at 16:17 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Fillies take centre stage next at Royal Ascot meeting with the Coronation Stakes (16:20 BST).

    Winter, winner of the English and Irish 1000 Guineas, is set to start odds-on favourite for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, who won the Commonwealth Cup earlier with Caravaggio.

    He also saddles Roly Poly and Hydrangea, who were second and third behind Winter in the Irish Guineas at the Curragh last month.

    The home team is headed by by the John Gosden-trained Dabya, while Mark Casse's American challenger La Coronel and Fabrice Chappet's shock French 1000 Guineas winner Precieuse add an international flavour.

    Winter wins the Irish 1000 GuineasImage source, PA
  16. Royal Ascot 2017 - The official poem?published at 16:13 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Royal Ascot 2017 has its own poem, it turns out.

    Written by Henry Birtles, an official racing poet, it's rather stirring stuff.

    Ascot crowdImage source, Getty Images

    Spinning on its own Axis, where seas of silk lap graceful shores,

    A world like nowhere else exists.

    Where quintessential currents run and elegance and power converge,

    And tales of timeless greats are spun and showstoppers emerge.

    A world for all to celebrate; light years away from ordinary.

    A world which deftly radiates its realm; and bows to the extraordinary.

    Where earthly rigours found outside and lived outside are left outside.

    And wishes wished are realised through all the finer tastes this land will grant.

    To let its spell enchant; to walk its walk once through those golden gilded gates.

    To gaze at beauty styled and beauty stitched on graceful form adorned.

    To know that bay imperious Horse immortalised and cast in bronze is Yeats.

    That headlines here accomplished render sporting moments starred.

    This Kingdom...smiling Green Coats kindly guard; this universe beyond three centuries old.

    Such elements, such pieces of a jigsaw wrought to mould this multi-coloured globe.

    A blazing beacon to the most majestic sport of all where heroes rise and heroes fall,

    And Royal Ascot’s world stands tallest of the tall.

  17. Caravaggio storms home to take the Commonwealth Cuppublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

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  18. Caravaggio claims classy winpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Frank Keogh
    BBC Sport

    The unbeaten Caravaggio claimed the sixth win of his career with a brilliant turn of foot in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

    Jockey Ryan Moore bided his time before pushing the 5-6 favourite, trained by Aidan O'Brien, past the Godolphin pair of Harry Angel and Blue Point.

    Moore said it felt like a very good race, while O'Brien believes Caravaggio may be the fastest horse he has trained.

    It was a fourth victory of the 2017 meeting for super sire Scat Daddy.

  19. Punter's £1m bet falls at the final hurdlepublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    A horse-racing punter who placed a seven race accumulator bet at Royal Ascot has lost out on a £1m payout after his final prediction proved wrong.

    The £40 bet was placed earlier this week at Ladbrokes in Dunstable.

    The first six predictions all came in, leaving the £1m payout resting on an 8/1-shot in the Commonwealth Cup this afternoon.

    But the punter's hopeful Bound for Nowhere came fourth, with Caravaggio winning the race.

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    Caravaggio wins Commonwealth Cuppublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 23 June 2017

    Royal Ascot

    15:40 result

    1 Caravaggio 5-6 Fav

    2 Harry Angel 11-4

    3 Blue Point 9-2

    12 ran

    Also: 10-1 Bound For Nowhere 4th

    Caravaggio wins at Royal AscotImage source, PA