HAUL OF FAME!

"He went down so narrowly in the race last year, so to get it right this time means the world.

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TRAWLERMAN burned them off from the front in the Gold Cup to land Royal Ascot's most prestigious catch - and net a course record.

John Gosden, who trains the seven-year-old gelding in tandem with son Thady, had warned Illinois and Candelari - the two four-year-olds were racing beyond two miles for the first time - that the Ladies’ Day feature would be run to test every inch of the young pretenders’ stamina.

William Buick (right, with trophy) set a searching pace aboard the 15-8 favourite, one-length runner-up to Aidan O'Brien's now-retired Kyprios in the Ladies’ Day feature 12 months earlier, and turned to face the 65,718 crowd with a two-length lead from Ballydoyle’s Illinois, the 9-4 second choice.