Royal Ascot: Paddington gives trainer Aidan O'Brien record 83rd victory

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Paddington won the Prince of Wales's Stakes to springiness trainer Aidan O'Brien a grounds 83rd triumph astatine Royal Ascot.

The Irish 2,000 Guineas victor nether Ryan Moore bushed Frankie Dettori's English Guineas victor Chaldean.

Meanwhile, Hollie Doyle became the archetypal pistillate to thrust a top-level Group One victor astatine Royal Ascot arsenic Bradsell took the King's Stand Stakes.

Doyle survived a stewards' enquiry aft the 14-1 victor veered near towards runner-up Highfield Princess.

Triple Time, trained by Kevin Ryan, sprang a 33-1 daze nether Neil Callan to triumph the opening Queen Anne Stakes.

The day-one races passed without hold aft activists Animal Rising said they would not disrupt the meeting.

It is the archetypal Royal Ascot since the decease of Queen Elizabeth II successful September and King Charles II and Queen Camilla attended for the archetypal clip successful their caller roles.

They person respective runners astatine the five-day fixture, including Saga successful the Wolferton Stakes connected Tuesday (17:35 BST).

Chaldean was sent disconnected the 7-4 favourite successful the opening day's diagnostic race, but it was the 11-5 changeable Paddington who came retired connected apical by 3 and 3 4th lengths.

It was a 2nd triumph of the time for O'Brien, who earlier won the Coventry Stakes for the 10th clip with River Tiber, and is present 1 Ascot triumph up of Sir Michael Stoute.

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