FRANKIE Dettori and John Gosden teamed up for treble success to take the major spoils on the opening day of Royal Ascot.
The Italian powered Calyx to victory in the Coventry Stakes and then sent Without Parole past the winning post in the St James's Palace Stakes - both for the prolific trainer.
In the final race on the card the combination delivered 8-1 winner Monarchs Glen - with the jockey holding up three fingers to celebrate his third winner of the day.
Without Parole, a Frankel colt, was sent off the 9-4 favourite, despite having previously only won a novice event at Yarmouth and a Listed race at Sandown.
He assumed control with over a furlong to run and eventually came home a comfortable winner, with Gustav Klimt finishing well to be second and Wootton third.
Earlier Calyx maintained his unbeaten record with a most impressive display in the Coventry Stakes.
A son of trainer John Gosden's former champion miler Kingman, the two-year-old had looked a star in the making on his racecourse debut at Newmarket just 10 days ago and was a heavily-supported 2-1 favourite for this Group Two assignment.
The field split in two soon after the stalls opened and with Frankie Dettori in the saddle, Calyx raced enthusiastically in the group nearest to the grandstand.
Dettori asked his mount to quicken racing inside the final two furlongs and the response was devastating, as Calyx quickly put distance between himself and his rivals.
Advertise and Sergei Prokofiev came home best of the runners that raced on the far side of the track, but had to make do with second and third respectively with Calyx passing the post comfortably ahead.
Gosden said: "He's very talented, his father was exceptionally talented and he has all of those attributes.
"The high draw may not be the best, and he's had to race on his own for two furlongs with a huge crowd screaming - that's a big ordeal for him and I think he's done amazingly well to win.
"I'd love to give him a nice holiday now and come back for the Prix Morny."
Asked about the 2000 Guineas, for which Calyx is now favourite with some firms, Gosden said: "I don't see why not (be a Guineas horse), but I think at the moment we should see if we can win a Group One with him and then think about stepping up."
Dettori said: "It was pretty special what he did. For a horse second time out to gallop like that out on your own is pretty smart.
"The manner in which he put the race to bed was impressive. Not many two-year-olds have that natural ability."
Regarding two-year-olds he has ridden, the ever-popular Italian said: "Lady Aurelia over five was probably the best two-year-old performance, but over six as regards colts go he was pretty special."
In between the Dettori double, Blue Point wore down Battaash to claim top honours in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The five-furlong sprint was billed as a match between the Charlie Hills-trained Battaash and Wesley Ward's defending champion Lady Aurelia, who was bidding for a third Royal Ascot victory overall.
Battaash, who has played up in the preliminaries previously, was perfectly well behaved on this occasion and flew out of the stalls once the gates opened to take the early lead.
With Lady Aurelia failing to pick up, Battaash briefly looked to have cut loose racing inside the final two furlongs.
However, Charlie Appleby's Blue Point (6-1) managed to reel him in late on and was well on top at the line under William Buick, scoring by a length and three-quarters.
Battaash just held on for second place, ahead of Mabs Cross in third.
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