Godolphin wins Leading Owner Award at Royal Ascot

Godolphin won the Leading Owner Award at Royal Ascot for a second successive year following five wins at the five-day meeting.

The Royal Blues opened their campaign with two wins on the opening day: 2000 Guineas hero Coroebus grabbing the Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes and Dubai Future scored in the Listed Wolferton Stakes.

Secret State then won the King George V Handicap while Godolphin Noble Truth took the Group 3 Jersey Stakes and Naval Crown edged out stablemate Creative Force in a thrilling Group 1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes on Saturday's final day.

“I am delighted to have received the Leading Owner trophy on behalf of Godolphin and our principal His Highness Sheikh Mohammed,” Hugh Anderson, Godolphin managing director (UK and Dubai), told godolphin.com.

“It has been a fantastic week for our whole team, from Godolphin Stables to Moulton Paddocks and our breeding operation and stallions. Winning this trophy is testament to the hard work of the entire team, all of whom deserve congratulation.”

Naval Crown edged out Creative Force in a sensational renewal of the Platinum Jubilee Stakes as the two sons of Dubawi dominated the finish of a Royal Ascot race for a second time.

The Charlie Appleby-trained duo were first and second in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes 12 months earlier but were taking on some of the world’s best sprinters this time in the meet’s premier six-furlong sprint.

Naval Crown under James Doyle was quickly into his stride and soon tracked this season’s Group 1 Lightning Stakes winner Home Affairs.

Creative Force, in contrast, was held up towards the rear in a larger group of runners that came up the centre of the course.

He travelled powerfully into the race for William Buick, quickening between horses on the