1 of 2 | Almeraq scores in a dramatic, four-horse photo finish in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on final day of Royal Ascot. Photo by Megan Rose Photography, courtesy of Ascot Racecourse
June 22 (UPI) -- England's Royal Ascot saved its best for last, serving up a four-horse, four-nation photo finish in the final Group 1 event of the week, while back in the States, Chip Honcho got a long-awaited breakthrough in the Ohio Derby.
The first three days of Ascot's Royal meeting produced plenty of thrills, with Bow Echo edging Gstaad in the St James's Palace on Tuesday, Ombudsman's tour de force in Wednesday's Prince of Wales's and Scandinavia just seeing off a brave Trawlerman Thursday in the Gold Cup.
The hits kept on coming Friday, as Venetian Sun was all out to pip 50-1 longshot Spicy Marg in the Commonwealth Cup and Precise dominated the Coronation Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.
Saturday's Group 1 finale, the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, topped them all in a desperate, four-horse finish that involved Australia, Japan, France and England.
