SportHorse racingRoyal AscotVictorious produced an impressive performance to capture the Queen Mary Stakes as the Ballydoyle stable continued its domination of the royal meeting15:07, 17 Jun 2026Aidan O’Brien hit 99 not at Royal Ascot with a filly who is blind in one eye.‌Victorious, owned by the Coolmore partners, the daughter of Wootton Bassett went off a well backed 100-30 favourite for the Queen Mary Stakes.‌The filly had won her first two starts over six furlongs, both races at Naas, but was dropped back to the minimum distance of five furlongs for Wednesday’s Group 2 race.‌But she was well up to the challenge, coming from behind to sweep past her opponents to defeat Senorita Bonita and American filly Ruiva in the style of a classy filly, claiming her trainer’s 99th victory at Royal Ascot.Moore said afterwards: “She is a gorgeous filly. I think the world of her. She’s got a lot of talent.“She’s actually blind in her left eye so she can’t see anything on that side. She is a sweetheart. She has also shown plenty, a very natural filly with a lot of pace and loads of quality.‌“She is so straightforward, she is a complete professional. She’s done everything beautiful so far.”Aidan O’Brien, who saddled two winners on the opening day, said: “We thought she was very classy. Going back to five in this type of race sometimes you can get caught out.‌“She is a filly with one eye so she always lacked a little bit of confidence but she has been coming along lovely. Her confidence has been growing, Ryan taught her and helped her through the whole thing. He kind of reassured along until he really wanted her.“We’ve been careful not to frighten her. Before you get her into a situation you show her with the eye she can see with. Coolmore did a great job before she came to us.”He added: “Like a human being, you let them see first. Ryan nursed her, got her out to the middle and when he needed to he said go.”Article continues belowChoose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Royal AscotQueen Mary StakesAscot racecourseAidan O'Brien