Day two of Royal Ascot was seen as generally honours even between punters and bookmakers, despite a number of well-backed winners.

Odds-on favourite Battle Of Marengo gave Aidan O’Brien his seventh Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial win in ten years when beating three rivals readily at Leopardstown yesterday.

British raiders Nathaniel and Snow Fairy feature among a final field of six declared runners in tomorrow’s Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Victories for So You Think in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes and Duntle in the finale were the only bright spots in an otherwise dismal afternoon for punters on the second day of Royal Ascot.

Ishvana (20-1) gave Aidan O’Brien a great start to day two of Royal Ascot ahead of So You Think’s victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes when winning the Jersey Stakes.

RARELY does Henry Cecil win a Group One for the first time nowadays but Timepiece had a pleasant surprise in store by capturing the Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes.

LOLLY FOR DOLLY is to go for Group One glory back home in Ireland after living up to her name in the Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Seta will be seen next at Royal Ascot after her fluent Goodwood Listed-race success last month.

HARBINGER has been given the green light to lock horns with Derby-winning stablemate Workforce in next month’s King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

MICHAEL STOUTE is refusing to rush into making a plan for record-breaking Derby winner Workforce.

Michael Bell will make a late call on whether Royal Ascot winner Moneycantbuymelove steps up to Group One company in the Abu Dhabi Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket next week.

Jamie Spencer rode his way back into The British Queen’s good books after denying her a Royal Ascot winner by partnering Royal Stream to victory in the £40,000 Warwick Racecourse Eternal Stakes.

Bookmakers continue to count the cost of Royal Ascot despite making a bright start to day two.

AMERICAN Wesley Ward struck for the second successive afternoon, this time in the Queen Mary with Jealous Again at Royal Ascot yesterday.

STUBBS ART has been supplemented for the Boylesports Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday as he bids to reverse Newmarket Classic form with Henrythenavigator and New Approach.

Melodramatic, impressive winner of a Nottingham maiden earlier in the month, is unlikely to run in Sunday’s Boylesports Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.

Pattern races beckon for Royal Oath following his emphatic victory in the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot.

MICK KINANE rounded off a memorable day at York by completing a 195-1 treble on Beautyandthebeast (9-2) in the closing Sandringham Handicap.