Racing: Lush Lashes flew home to lift the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot as Irish-trained horses continued to dominate the key races at the five-day meeting.
Haradasun, Henrythenavigator, Duke Of Marmalade and Yeats have all struck for Ballydoyle maestro Aidan O'Brien over the course of the week but this time it was his compatriot Jim Bolger sporting the biggest smile.
Returned to a mile after finishing fifth in the Oaks, Bolger's 5-1 chance found a telling turn of foot to sprint clear of the John Gosden-trained Infallible inside the distance.
In passing the post three and a quarter lengths to the good, Lush Lashes was putting the icing on the cake for Bolger and jockey Kevin Manning, who had earlier teamed up to win the Albany with Cuis Ghaire.
There was a rough beginning to the race with plenty of jockeys vying for an early position before Frankie Dettori bagged the rail on Nahoodh.
He dictated a sensible pace up front but Manning was always travelling sweetly on the eventual winner, who came in for telling support just before the off.
He moved his mount up to challenge for the lead at around the one-furlong pole and while Infallible threw down a challenge, she was soon brushed aside by Bolger's ace.
Bolger said: "I've been very impressed with her but I didn't think she could win in that style. We knew after Epsom that she was going the right way but obviously I was very tempted to go for the Ribblesdale.
"But having won a Group race already, we decided to upgrade her into a Group One and she's done it very well. She had the Goffs (Fillies) Million won with a furlong to run and that is only seven furlongs, so she's always shown plenty of pace.
"I was a little concerned about her getting the mile and a half at Epsom but, to be fair, it was more that she didn't handle the track there. Next time it will probably be a mile and a half. There's the Irish Oaks at the Curragh."
Dermot Weld's Carribean Sunset stuck on well to claim third, much to the delight of her trainer.
Weld said: "In my opinion that was a vintage renewal of the Coronation Stakes and I was delighted with my filly who is so tough and genuine.
"I think she was unlucky not to win the Irish 1000 Guineas and possibly a shade unlucky not to finish second today.
"She is a filly who will get 10 furlongs as the year goes on and her next race could be the American Oaks at Hollywood Park in a fortnight."
Royal Ascot 2.30
1 Cuis Ghaire (K J Manning) 8-11 Fav
2 Penny's Gift (R L Moore) 12-1
3 Danidh Dubai (C Catlin) 25-1
14 ran
Also: 20
Royal Ascot 3.05
1 Campanologist (L Dettori) 9-1
2 Conduit (R L Moore) 11-4 Fav
3 Top Lock (Martin Dwyer) 40-1
9 ran
Royal Ascot 3.45
1 Lush Lashes (K J Manning) 5-1
2 Infallible (J Fortune) 11-2
3 Carribean Sunset (P J Smullen) 16-1
11 ran
Royal Ascot 4.20
1 Supaseus (S Drowne) 12-1
2 Many Volumes (T E Durcan) 17-2
3 Pinpoint (A Kirby) 16-1
10 ran
Royal Ascot 4.55
1 Patkai (R L Moore) 6-4 Fav
2 Amerigo (P Robinson) 14-1
3 Gravitation (A Munro) 33-1
12 ran
Royal Ascot 5.30
1 Regal Parade (Ahmed Ajtebi) 25-1
2 Dhaular Dhar (D Tudhope) 25-1
3 Jedburgh (J Quinn) 16-1
4 Border Music (F Norton) 16-1
28 ran