Royal Ascot: Boys in Blue dominate Platinum Jubilee

Naval Crown had to settle for second-best behind his Charlie Appleby-trained stablemate Creative Force in last season's Jersey Stakes – but he avenged that defeat in style as he powered up the stands' rail at odds of 33-1 to claim the Platinum Jubilee Stakes.

Separated by the width of the Ascot track, James Doyle’s mount, who had been running over further than the six furlongs throughout his career until a fourth-placed effort in the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan, got the better of the William Buick-ridden Creative Force by a neck, despite losing his off-hind shoe.

While free-going Australian raider Home Affairs was sent off favourite, he had run his race by the furlong pole and the Godolphin pair were followed home by a blanket of horses, with America’s Campanelle sticking to her guns to dead-heat with Australia’s Artorius.

NAVAL CROWN takes the win in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes at 33/1