ROYAL Ascot Trials Day at Naas set up as a Ger Lyons-Aidan O’Brien faceoff, and it was Lyons who came out on top with a treble as O’Brien managed one winner from four odds-on shots, some of which returned with excuses.

Beckman got things going for Lyons, but his significant winners were later on the card, Lady Iman thriving in a busy period to take the Fillies Sprint Stakes, having no issue with carrying her form from the minimum trip up to the stiff six furlongs here.