Buick doubles up on day four The long-absent Rare Rhythm provided jockey William Buick with his second winner of the day and fourth of Royal Ascot 2017 by landing the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes. Charlie Appleby's charge had not been seen in competitive action since finishing eighth in last year's renewal of this mile-and-a-half handicap, but a lack of match practice was clearly not an issue. The 20-1 chance was always up with the pace and dug deep in the closing stages to get the better of Appeared by two and a quarter lengths to clinch a sixth winner of the meeting for Godolphin. Star Storm and Top Tug were third and fourth respectively. Buick said: "This one is for Charlie and all the guys at home, they've prepared this horse tremendously well, they deal with him every day so this result is for the team. I'm just the rider on the day." Appleby said: "That was a great ride from William. We were confident this horse was fit enough, we've taken him to Chelmsford on two occasions so he was primed for today but I thought the ground would be quick enough, if I'm honest. "So, from that draw on that ground, William has given him a brilliant ride. We were going to go forward and float across and couldn't ask for anything more. "He's a horse we've always felt had plenty of ability, but he hasn't been seen since this race last year, we were just waiting for better ground and then we mapped him out for the November Handicap but he met with a setback. "We came here confident but not too bullish."
