With about two inches to spare, Blue Point completed a double that had been done just once before and turned himself into the equine star of this Royal Ascot. Blue Point now seems set to follow the old bit of theatrical advice and leave his audience hungry for more, as a career at stud beckons. Six days before the King’s Stand, Blue Point whizzed up the gallops with such elan that all things seemed possible. Blue Point was eating and drinking, which was all to the good. “I said, hopefully Tuesday’s just taken the freshness off him.” For five furlongs on Saturday, Blue Point coasted with such visible ease that the outcome was hardly in doubt.

Source: The Guardian June 22, 2019 18:10 UTC