RYAN Moore romped to a big race Royal Ascot double on the Aidan O'Brien's superstar horses Caravaggio and Winter.
Dual Classic heroine Winter continued her fantastic season with an assured victory in the Coronation Stakes.
And Moore also steered Caravaggio to his seventh win in a row in the Commonwealth Cup.
Winter, the daughter of Galileo caused something of an upset when seeing off better-fancied stablemate Rhododendron in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, but proved that was no fluke when following up in the Irish equivalent at the Curragh in tremendous style.
Winter passed the post with two and a quarter lengths in hand over Roly Poly, while Hydrangea was third to provide trainer Aidan O'Brien with a one-two-three.
Moore said: "She was only doing what she had to do. She travelled beautifully through the race and was very professional.
"It's a hard thing to do to win two Guineas and then come here, but she's with a trainer who can do magic things."
O'Brien said: "She's a filly who is thriving from race-to-race, she travelled well, Ryan had her in a lovely position and she's won very well."
The six-furlong Commonwealth Cup was billed as one of the races of the week, as Caravaggio, so impressive in the Coventry Stakes at last year's meeting, took on a couple of major Godolphin-owned contenders in Harry Angel and Blue Point.
But Caravaggio stormed by the Godolphin pair late on under Ryan Moore and there was three-quarters of a length between them at the line.
O'Brien said: "He's obviously a brilliant horse. It was only his second run back and we've been afraid to do too much because we didn't want to lose that brilliance that he has. Ryan gave him a brilliant ride and his change of pace is unbelievable.
"He's very quick - I don't think we've ever had a quicker horse. It was a big step up from his first run at Naas. We knew it was against three-year-olds today but it will be older horses next time."
Moore said: "I think that was a proper race, he's beaten two very good horses there. They made him work but he was going away at the end. They were very good horses in front of me and they weren't stopping.
"I think that was a very good performance as he's beaten two very good horses. He's a good colt."
Earlier Permian bounced back from his disappointing run in the Investec Derby to claim the King Edward VII Stakes.
Mark Johnston's colt was supplemented for the premier Classic at Epsom following victory in the Dante Stakes at York, but finished a well-beaten 10th.
Returning to action less than three weeks later, the son of Teofilo raced on the front end throughout under William Buick and kicked for home rounding the final bend.
Crystal Ocean, the 9-4 favourite, threw down a strong-looking challenge, but Permian (6-1) fought him off.
Khalidi came from further back to mount a late bid, but Johnston's charge was not for catching and held on by half a length. Khalidi was a clear second ahead of Crystal Ocean in third.
Scotsman Johnston, registering his 40th Royal Ascot winner, said: "It's a bit of a relief to get on the scoresheet after a blank last year, our first since 1994, and I was dreading the idea of another blank so it's great.
"It's great for the horse after the disappointment in the Derby, a lot of people said it was too soon to come back so I had a lot of agonising and it was only a last-minute decision.
"William said he felt like a horse who didn't handle the track (at Epsom) which was strange as he'd run well there before, but he just felt today he felt a different horse so I think he had an off-day in the Derby - it happens.
"I'll have a think about where next, he's won two Group Twos so we need a Group One, it won't be the Irish Derby though, I can tell you that, that is too soon."
In the opener, French challenger Different League claimed top honours in the Albany Stakes.
Despite having won both of her previous two starts, Matthieu Palussiere's filly was a 20-1 shot in the hands of Antoine Hamelin.
Alpha Centauri, the 2-1 favourite, did her best to make inroads in the final furlong, but Different League never looked in real danger of being caught and passed the post a neck to the good.
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