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The turf

Royal Ascot was a triumph – even without the cheers and the hats

27 June 2020

9:00 AM

27 June 2020

9:00 AM

Royal Ascot it wasn’t: for the first time in her 68-year reign, thanks to Covid-19, the Queen was not there. Nor were the owners, the crowds, the hats or the morning suits. But just as the Cheltenham Festival gave us the last great sporting spectacle before lockdown, so Ascot celebrated the behind-closed-doors return of sport with five days of supreme skill and drama.

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