Joviality in Windsor Forest Joviality held off the late lunge of Chachamaidee to get John Gosden off the mark for Royal Ascot in the Windsor Forest Stakes. Sir Henry Cecil's runner-up could go down as an unlucky loser after missing the break completely and ultimately being beaten just a neck. Joviality (11-1) had won the Musidora Stakes at York last spring and was always handy for William Buick but when Tom Queally asked Chachamaidee to quicken she made ground rapidly. Having hit the front a furlong out her early exertions just took their toll and Joviality fought back to win. Lay Time ran far better than her previous run at Epsom to claim third but the Group One winners Emulous and Nahrain were both well beaten. Gosden, who saw The Nile suffer a fatal injury in the St James's Palace Stakes on the opening afternoon, said: "It's probably a little short for her the mile and she didn't handle Epsom. "We had to wait for her to come right in June but she's got a lot of tenacity and I really respect Henry's filly, who's very fast. "But I thought if we can be in the right place and she has to come to us, we might outstay her. "It was a thrilling performance. She wants a mile to a mile and a quarter so there are some nice races for her like the Nassau Stakes and the Prix de l'Opera. "That is the elite end and there are some rather nice fillies in France. "We had a difficult day yesterday and it's a strange game - it's a game of vicissitudes." Cecil said of Chachamaidee: "She ran a great race. The last two times she's dwelt a bit in the stalls, but the hood settles her down. "She came there to win her race and has faltered in the last few yards. "I think the dip at Newmarket will help and she'll go for the Falmouth Stakes."
