Field Of Gold turns on style at Royal Ascot

Colin Keane breezed through on the 8-11 favourite before bursting clear to beat Henri Matisse by three and a half lengths

OUT ON HIS OWN: Field Of Gold powers to victory in the hands of Colin Keane. Picture: John Walton/PA 

Field Of Gold lit up the first day of Royal Ascot with a dominant display in the St James’s Palace Stakes.

John and Thady Gosden’s colt had been a fast-finishing second behind Ruling Court in the 2000 Guineas before easily winning the Irish equivalent, while the French Guineas winner Henri Matisse was also running.