Royal Ascot 2024 results: Porta Fortuna, Inisherin, Soprano, Fairy Godmother win

Inisherin justified favouritism at odds of 9-4 to give Eaves a second career Royal Ascot winner, 18 years after landing the Wokingham Handicap with Big Timer.

It was the third year running a Yorkshire-based trainer had won the Group One six-furlong sprint and Ryan plans to aim Inisherin at the July Cup at Newmarket.

Rumours circulating before racing that pop star Taylor Swift might be in attendance before her Wembley gig proved unfounded.

In the opening Albany Stakes, the 15-8 favourite Fairy Godmother managed to shake off her rivals with a stunning burst of speed despite an unpromising position in running.

“I gave her an impossible task and she got me out of a hole,” said jockey Ryan Moore after he and trainer Aidan O’Brien clocked up a fifth victory of the week as his filly passed Simmering in the closing stages.

It was a family affair in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes when Colin Keane rode 11-1 chance Crystal Black to victory for his trainer father Gerard.

“I can’t put into words what it means and I’m sure he can’t but it’s a very special day,” said Keane.

There were jubilant scenes in the winners’ enclosure, with cheers and songs from the Wear A Pink Ribbon syndicate of owners – named in memory of their friend Breda Miley who died from cancer.