Limestone tough in Queen’s Vase thriller

By Racing TV

Last Updated: Wed 17 Jun 2026

Limestone got up in the shadow of the post to pip Godolphin’s Del Maro, giving Classic-winning jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle a second Royal Ascot winner.

With a furlong to go in the one-mile-six-furlong contest it looked as though 40-1 outsider Ranga Tang was going to hold on to deliver another shock result at the Royal meeting.

But McGonagle, who won the Oaks with Thundering On at Epsom, got a rousing finish out of the Joseph O’Brien-trained three-year-old to pip Del Maro on the line.

The 10-3 shot beat the Godolphin horse by a nose with pacesetter Ranga Tang hanging on for third.

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