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Inisherin perhaps the most visually impressive Group 1 winner of an action-packed Royal Ascot

Who was the most impressive winner of the top-class races at Royal Ascot? If margin of victory is anything to go by, it would be quite a tricky choice this year because six of the eight Group 1s were decided by a length or less; competitive action, that's what we love, and we got it in abundant supply.

Inisherin would get quite a few votes, having pulled two and a quarter lengths clear in Friday's Commonwealth Cup. A non-stayer in the 2,000 Guineas, at which point he'd only raced over a mile, he has immediately been turned into another excellent sprinter from the Kevin Ryan stable, being supplemented for this after landing the Sandy Lane. He's clear favourite for the July Cup.

Inisherin: 2-2 since returning to sprinting
Inisherin was able to win the Commonwealth Cup by daylightCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Now that the Commonwealth Cup is under pressure to prove its value, it's a pity this running was missing a couple of star names and it looked short of depth. But Lake Forest produced a career-best to be second on his first outing since September.

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