Aidan O'Brien held off a sustained challenge from his son, Joseph, to claim the leading trainer title at Royal Ascot for a 14th time.
O'Brien ended the week on seven winners, having become the first trainer to saddle 100 winners at the meeting when Scandinavia hauled in Trawlerman to win the Gold Cup Stakes (G1).
As well as Scandinavia, O'Brien sent out Great Barrier Reef (Coventry Stakes, G2), Precise (Coronation Stakes, G1), Victorious (Queen Mary Stakes, G2), Mission Central (King Charles III Stakes, G1), and Causeway (King Edward VII Stakes, G2) before Illinois completed the magnificent seven in the final race of the meeting, a conditions race.
While John and Thady Gosden have often been O'Brien's biggest challengers at the royal meeting, this year it proved to be Joseph O'Brien, who ended the week on five winners.
William Haggas was next on four winners, including the June 20 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes(G1) winner Almeraq, while George Boughey (three) and Andrew Balding (two) were the other trainers to walk away from the royal meeting with more than one winner.
While the leading trainer award went down to the wire, Ryan Moore was a comfortable winner of the leading rider title with his seven winners across the week securing his 13th title, and his fifth in a row. He also had seven seconds and is one away from completing his own century at Royal Ascot.
