ONE of the absolute highlights of the five-day Royal Ascot festival of top-class racing was the victory of Inspiral in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes. Making her comeback to the racecourse after a break of more than 250 days, she faced 11 opponents for what was one of the highest-quality races of the week.

Unbeaten in four starts at two, culminating with a Group 1 success in the Fillies’ Mile, the Cheveley Park Stud-owned and bred daughter of Frankel (Galileo) is a fourth generation product of the farm. She traces back to Rose Goddess (Sassafras) who was bred at Ferrans Stud in 1979, then owned by the German industrialist Dr Herbert Schnapka, and sold as a yearling at Goffs for IR78,000gns. However, she did not race and ended up in the breeding shed at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky.