THE action switched to the round course for the final Group 1 of the opening day of Royal Ascot with Coroebus (120+) confirming himself as the best three-year-old miler in Europe with victory in the St James’s Palace Stakes.

Charlie Appleby’s colt clocked a time figure faster than either of the 2000 Guineas as he navigated a tricky inside draw, before finding enough in reserve, after pulling hard, to deliver a closing sectional of 35.80secs.