WHILE having no crowds at the races was regrettable, the absence of Queen Elizabeth was notable and especially so after her homebred Tactical landed the spoils in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes over the minimum trip.

From the third northern hemisphere crop of his sire Toronado (High Chaparral) who six years ago won the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at the meeting, Tactical is the sixth stakes winner for the Haras de Bouquetot stallion.