TALKING TWO-YEAR-OLDS
Ian Heitman was impressed with the equine talent on show at the Royal meeting and beyond

Royal Ascot 2019 got underway with the traditional curtain raiser, the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, Lord Glitters going one place better than in 2018 beating Beat The Bank in a tight finish, 2018 winner Accidental Agent standing still in the stalls and refusing the race.
The first of the week’s two-year-old races, the Group 2 Coventry Stakes, used to be the fourth race but was moved this year to be the second race on the card. A field of 17 lined-up for one of the most prestigi...