Estimate strikes Gold for Queen

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

Last year’s Queen’s Vase winner, trained by Michael Stoute, rallied gamely under Ryan Moore to edge out the Willie Mullins trained Simenon and Top Trip in a thrilling finish.

The four-year-old had been prominent in the ante-post markets since she started off at the same course in May and took the Sagaro Stakes, even if Stoute believed an improvement in the form book was required.