Charyn ran out a decisive winner of the Queen Anne Stakes, the opening occasion of Royal Ascot 2024.
Educated by Roger Varian and ridden by Silvestre de Sousa, the four-year-old has progressed at a fee of knots this season and went one higher than final trip within the Lockinge at Newbury to win because the 100-30 favorite.
The race was one thing of a wierd spectacle as two of the French raiders, Massive Rock and Facteur Cheval, raced on their very own on the far facet, whereas the remainder of the sector adopted Robert Havlin on Lockinge winner Viewers.
De Sousa was not as far behind Viewers as he had been at Newbury and appeared to be holding all of the aces with two furlongs to run when he kicked on.
Hayley Turner and Docklands gave admirable chase to assert a transparent second, crushed two and 1 / 4 lengths, whereas Maljoom ran on for third, as Charyn claimed the primary Group One victory of his profession.
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