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Lockinge one-two-three Rhododendron, Lightning Spear and Lancaster Bomber could all clash again at Royal Ascot
Rhododendron was the first filly to succeed in the race since Red Evie in 2007, and she showed plenty of determination to hold the strong challenge of Lightning Spear in the final strides.
Lancaster Bomber kept on in third, another two and three quarters lengths behind.
Rhododendron wins the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at @NewburyRacing in a photo finish with Lightning Spear!
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Winning trainer Aidan O'Brien said after: "The race set up the way we thought it would.
"We were thinking of coming here and then going to Ascot. We have the option of going over a mile again or a mile and a quarter. We will have a good chat with Ryan and obviously the lads always talk after the races to see what they want to do close to Ascot.
"Lancaster Bomber is in a good place. He loves a mile and fast ground. The Queen Anne looks made for him."
David Simcock said of the runner-up Lightning Spear: "I haven't had the wind taken out of my sails like that for a while.
"I am just a little gutted, but very proud of the horse and it was a great ride. We are very fond of him and he has never let us down.
"He has been placed in so many Group 1s, you just feel you really would have liked to have won one. He has run a great race and the first two have finished a good two lengths clear of the third. Fair play to the filly.
"I would say the Queen Anne is the obvious place to go."
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