IF you’re going to have your first Royal Ascot winner, you might as well have the runner-up as well for good measure, and that’s how it went for Dave Loughnane in the newly added Kensington Palace Stakes.

Lola Showgirl and Ffion fought out the finish of the mile handicap for fillies and mares, with the former emerging best and giving apprentice rider Laura Pearson a dream win on or her first ever ride at Royal Ascot, in one of the most memorable races of the week.