Bookmakers finally clawed back some of the losses from what had a been a punter-friendly Royal Ascot as the six races on day four of the showpiece meeting failed to produce a single winning favourite.

A crack at the Ladbrokes St Leger is firmly on the agenda for Boscobel after Joe Fanning produced a copybook front-running ride to get him home in front in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.