Overview
- Aidan O'Brien clinched the leading trainer prize with seven winners and became the first trainer to saddle 100 Royal Ascot winners when Scandinavia won the Gold Cup on June 20.
- Scandinavia overhauled Trawlerman to take the staying feature, delivering O'Brien a record-extending 10th Ascot Gold Cup and providing the week’s defining performance.
- Joseph O'Brien was the principal challenger, finishing with five winners including Kizlyar, Limestone, King Of Cloughan, Enceladus and Green Carrera.
- Ryan Moore won the leading jockey title with seven winners for his 13th overall win and fifth in a row, and he rode Illinois to victory in the Queen Alexandra that sealed O'Brien’s tally.
- The Coolmore partners topped the owners’ standings with eight winners and O'Brien’s string of Group 1 and feature successes across the week bolsters the commercial and breeding value of his stock.