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  • Satono Reve only just denied by an nose in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, it would have been Japan's first ever winner at Royal Ascot.

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Comanche Brave came from under the radar to plunder the July Cup in decisive fashion, giving Billy Loughnane a third Group 1 success of the year and winning trainer Donnacha O'Brien his second top-level triumph in a week.

The 11-1 chance was relatively unconsidered, having finished behind a number of his better-fancied rivals when seventh at Royal Ascot, but turned the form on its head with a smooth win.

The four-year-old showcased his talent in the Middle East and Hong Kong this year before landing the Group 2 Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh in May, but he was registering a breakthrough first Group 1 success here.

The July festival is familiar Group 1 territory for O'Brien, who won the Falmouth Stakes at this fixture in 2024 with Porta Fortuna, but it was a first at the venue for the jockey, who finished fourth on Believing in the sprint a year ago.

Comanche Brave had met some interference when finishing two and three-quarter lengths adrift of Almeraq and Satono Reve in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, but got a lovely tow into the race from the Japanese raider this time around.

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Paddy Magee hailed an "absolutely unbelievable" super Saturday when the trainer landed an astonishing 3,984-1 across-the-card four-timer, having never before saddled two winners on the same day.

Magee, a former point-to-point rider, took out his training licence in 2022 and has been steadily improving, saddling a seasonal-best eight winners on the Flat last year.

Before Saturday, he had trained just two Flat winners in 2026, but when Glen Breeze justified 5-2 favouritism in the 6½f handicap at Limerick's evening meeting, he had six on the board after a scarcely believable few hours.

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