There was one new king in the procession and another in the record books here on Tuesday, as a double for Aidan O’Brien on Royal Ascot’s opening day left him in sole possession of the all‑time record for winners at the meeting.
Frankie Dettori did all he could aboard Chaldean, the hot favourite, in the St James’s Palace Stakes, but when Paddington and Ryan Moore breezed past him just over a furlong out, O’Brien’s 83rd royal victory was as good as in the book.
