ONE of the best-bred winners of the week at Royal Ascot was the horse who won the last race on the card on Saturday. Commissioned credited trainer Gordon Elliott with his first winner at the meeting, gained while he was sunning himself in Barbados, and the six-year-old son of the Derby winner Authorized was bred at Kilfrush Stud.

At the time of his breeding Kilfrush was in different ownership to today and managed by Brendan Hayes. It produced many top-class winners over the years and the farm was sold to its present owners in 2013.