Overview

• Carmers delivered a hard-fought win in the Group 2 Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot, handing trainer Paddy Twomey his first runner and winner at the meeting.
• The unbeaten three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett extended his perfect seasonal record after previous victories at Ballinrobe and Navan.
• Fiona Carmichael secured her first Group winner as Carmers held off Andrew Balding’s Further and Silvestre De Sousa’s Rahieeb.
• Paddy Twomey has compiled 16 winners in the two weeks before Ascot and saw Carmers cut into 12-1 for the St Leger after the victory.
• Jockey Billy Lee credited the colt’s stamina and laid-back character for sustaining his late challenge to the line.