Hand of God was always going to be a topical runner in yesterday’s Golden Gates Stakes during a football tournament but the 9-4 favourite winning at Royal Ascot 38 years to the day after Diego Maradona dashed England’s World Cup hopes by punching the ball past Peter Shilton into the net in Argentina’s 2-1 quarter final victory in Mexico was almost spooky.
Aidan O'Brien has long turned this verdant and floral corner of Berkshire into a little corner of Tipperary. Surely it's only a matter of time before Ascot is officially twinned with Rosegreen.
Royal Ascot has come to an end and we have every result across the five days.