Aidan O’Brien expects Magician to strip much fitter in Sunday’s Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh today than when he won the Mooresbridge Stakes earlier in the month.

Estimate provided Queen Elizabeth with a famous triumph when she captured the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Royal Ascot paid its respects to the late Sir Henry Cecil with a minute’s silence before the opening race of the five-day meeting.

Morpheus gave Lady Jane Cecil an emotional first success since she took over the licence from her husband Sir Henry Cecil, who died on Tuesday, when landing an emphatic victory at Nottingham yesterday.