Light shines brightest for Gold Cup

Hot favourite Leading Light narrowly denied the Queen’s defending champion Estimate in a pulsating climax to the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Thu, 19 Jun, 2014 - 17:50

Hot favourite Leading Light narrowly denied the Queen’s defending champion Estimate in a pulsating climax to the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Last year’s Queen’s Vase and St Leger hero Leading Light was all the rage for the two-and-a-half-mile Group One, having made a winning return to action in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan last month.

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Courts Racing Heathrow Place: Royal Ascot Place: Navan Place: Berkshire Person: Queen Person: Joseph O’Brien Person: Aidan Person: Sir Person: Michael Stoute Person: Jim Crowley Event: Gold Cup Event: Vintage Crop Stakes

<p>Tom O’Brien rode over 1,000 winners in Britain and Ireland during the course of his distinguished career, including two victories at the Cheltenham Festival. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile</p>

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