Teenage jockey claims shock 80-1 Royal Ascot win

Teenage jockey Billy Loughnane claimed a daze 80-1 triumph connected outsider Rashabar connected time 1 astatine Royal Ascot.

The 18-year-old landed his first triumph astatine nan gathering successful nan Coventry Stakes by a chemoreceptor from Electrolyte.

"This is nan champion emotion successful nan world," said Loughnane, who won successful nan greenish and bluish colours of nan Sangster family.

"You turn up watching races for illustration this. It's ever been a dream of excavation to triumph one."

Rosallion, Asfoora and Charyn were nan top-level Group One winners connected Tuesday.

Loughnane has earned nan nickname 'Billy nan Kid' for his exploits arsenic a superb young rider, but this triumph came against nan odds.

"It's an astonishing emotion - to beryllium doing it truthful young is massive," said nan Worcestershire-based rider.

With nan runner-up priced astatine 40-1 and third-placed Columnist a 50-1 shot, nan Tote Trifecta dividend paid £122,667.

Rosallion followed up triumph successful nan Irish 2,000 Guineas to onshore nan St James's Palace Stakes for trainer Richard Hannon.

The 7-2 chance came pinch a precocious burst nether Sean Levey to contradict nan Aidan O'Brien-trained Henry Longfellow, pinch French Guineas victor Metropolitan successful third.

"I've ever had awesome belief successful nan equine and hoped that erstwhile group opportunity your name, they retrieve nan equine on pinch it," said Levey.

Rosallion was 2nd successful nan English Guineas to Notable Speech, who came into nan title unbeaten and seeking a 5th consecutive triumph but vanished seventh of nan 8 runners.

Asfoora (5-1) was ridden to triumph by Oisin Murphy for Australian trainer Henry Dwyer successful nan King Charles III Stakes.

It was nan sixth clip nan five-furlong sprint had been won by a equine from Down Under.

Charyn won nan opening Queen Anne Stakes arsenic French challengers Big Rock and Facteur Cheval were unplaced aft racing unsocial connected nan acold side.

The 100-30 favourite, trained by Roger Varian, gave Silvestre de Sousa different large triumph aft his return to Britain earlier this year, having won nan 1,000 Guineas pinch Elmalka past month.

Three-time champion jockey De Sousa was fixed a 10-month prohibition by Hong Kong authorities past twelvemonth for breaching betting rules.