Ombudsman rules for red-hot Gosden team as Royal Ascot roasts in the sun
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William Buick on board in Prince of Wales’s Stakes win
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Royal family have second favourite beaten at meeting
The only British stable to wrest Royal Ascot’s top trainer award away from Aidan O’Brien over the course of the past decade continued its strong run through this year’s meeting here Âon Wednesday, as John and Thady ÂGosden’s Ombudsman, in the Group One Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Âfollowed up the success of Crimson Advocate, in the Duke Of Cambridge Stakes, for a 59‑1 double on the day.
The feature race, though, was not an easy watch for Ombudsman’s joint trainers or his backers at 7-1, at least until William Buick, his rider, finally managed to extract him and find Ârunning room with around a furlong to go, after being caught in a series of pockets. Buick was forced to switch twice in the straight, but when he did eventually take aim at the lead, Ombudsman’s response was Âimmediate and overpowering.