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.
Jockey Callum Shepherd put a difficult time behind him with success at Ascot, while Bedtime Story romped to victory in the Chesham Stakes
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.