Royal winner at Ascot as Tactical scores Tactical landed a gamble to give the Queen victory at Royal Ascot in the Windsor Castle Stakes. Having finished third on his debut, the Andrew Balding-trained colt was backed down to 7-2 favouritism and was always handily placed on the rail from his draw on the stands side. James Doyle delivered Tactical with a telling run to hit the front well inside the final furlong and lift the Listed contest by a length and a quarter. It was a double for Doyle, who had earlier won the feature Prince of Wales’s Stakes with Lord North. Yazaman (20-1) stayed on late to snatch second place by a short head from Muker (40-1). The Queen’s bloodstock adviser John Warren said: “I think everyone involved is absolutely thrilled — all of Her Majesty’s team, and obviously Andrew and his team. “Throughout the conversations the Queen was saying how delighted she is to produce a two-year-old winner at Royal Ascot.” Looking to future plans, Warren said: “It looks like he will stretch out in trip, so we’ll look at races like the Richmond at Goodwood and the Prix Robert Papin in France.”
