Earlier, Beethoven from the Aidan O'Brien yard caused a surprise with success in the Dewhurst Stakes the race that traditionally crowns the top two-year-old of the season.
The cover lot, made of pink gold, is a "split seconds" chronograph, so-called because it has not one, but two second hands and is capable of timing two different parts of a dramatic event, say, a high-stakes horse race or an auto rally.
Despite the high stakes, the race remained generally civil throughout.
The big race of the first day of the festival is the Sagitta Jockey Club Stakes, a Group Two race for older horses run over one mile four furlongs.
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Dutch Art, ridden by Alan Munro and trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam, won the opening race, the Norfolk Stakes.
Went the Day Well (20-1) has some long odds, but he followed the same path to the Kentucky Derby that trainer Graham Motion set for last year's winner Animal Kingdom: Went the Day Well and Animal Kingdom both won their last prep race, the Spiral Stakes.
Uhoomagoo (25-1) gave Kevin Ryan and Neil Callan their first Royal Ascot winner in the day's final race, the Buckingham Palace Stakes.
The colorful headpieces are also on display at the Kentucky Oaks, the "little sister of the Derby" race on Friday, as well as races like the Belmont Stakes and Preakness, or parties, high teas, luncheons and charity events planned around race season.
Utmost Respect, which was ridden by Paul Hannagan, won the day's richest race, the Duke of York Stakes.
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Trainer Doug O'Neill indicated immediately after the race that his team was pointed toward the Belmont Stakes.
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In 1988, in the furious New Hampshire race between Vice President Bush and Bob Dole, stakes were high.
For example, in 2003, the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot has been promoted to a Group One race.
In "High Stakes" mode, you can take your favorite machine and race head-to-head against another player or the computer in a winner takes all race.
In all, eight Calumet horses have worn the roses on the first Saturday in May, and on Saturday afternoon, a horse hoping to be the ninth will go to the post at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans for the Risen Star Stakes.
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His highlight of Glorious Goodwood last year was victory in the Sussex Stakes on Noverre, which was his third win in the feature race of the meeting.
His wins included Rock of Gibraltar's comprehensive Sussex Stakes victory (the third time Kinane has won the Group One race) and success in the Goodwood Cup on Jardines Lookout.
The loss ended Orb's five-race winning streak that included victories in the Fountain Of Youth Stakes and Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
But stakes in the Caspian are high for all concerned -- and the race to develop its reserves is likely to continue to heat up.
Last year before the Belmont Stakes, an Associated Press review found that of the 11 trainers with horses in the race, 10 had at least one violation of medication regulations set by state racing boards.
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