FOR most of last week, Jessica Harrington was having the type of Royal Ascot she was used to having. Close-ish but no cigar.

Servalan ran a cracker when beaten just over a length in Wednesday’s Queen Mary. Torcedor ran the race of his life when playing his part in a pulsating Gold Cup finish. And early on Friday, Chicas Amigas ran really well to finish sixth in the Albany. The crossbar was being hit again and again.