It was radically windy and wet Saturday at Ascot Racecourse, and the filly Persuasive was in her element. Under testing conditions, Persuasive ran over the favored Ribchester to win the Group 1, $1.32 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Ribchester, who drifted right through the final furlong, was beaten one length while a half-length better than third-place Churchill, who bounced back into form following a dud in the Irish Champion Stakes. Ridden by Frankie Dettori for trainer John Gosden and Cheveley Park Stud, Persuasive nearly was retired after coming home second Oct. 7 in the Sun Chariot Stakes. Instead, her connections gave her one last run and were rewarded with the first group-level success of the 4-year-old filly’s 10-start career.  Lancaster Bomber and Sir John Lavery were basically used as pacemakers for a third Aidan O’Brien-trained horse, Churchill, while Toscanini helped make the pace for his stablemate, Ribchester, in the straight-course mile. Ribchester, racing keenly in the early stages under William Buick, forged his way forward about three furlongs from the finish but never quickened much over this testing ground. Meanwhile, Dettori, racing from in behind, took to the inside with Persuasive to try to follow Churchill, but as Ribchester hung right, things got tight toward the inside, and Dettori altered tactics, steering left to find room on the outside. Persuasive had found daylight with 1 1/2 furlongs left to run, and, accelerating better than any of her rivals, she swept past Ribchester and to the lead at the furlong grounds, holding firm to the finish. Churchill, who had little room to operate late and was racing on ground softer than he prefers, was a half-length better than Nathra in fourth. Then came Sea of Grace, Lightning Spear, Al Wukair, Zonderland, Here Comes When, Beat the Bank, Sir John Lavery, Breton Rock, Toscanini, Lancaster Bomber, and Thunder Snow. Persuasive, who went off at 7-1 in the U.S. wagering, was timed in a 1:46.13 for the mile, a very slow time, showing just how testing was the Ascot course Saturday. Persuasive goes off to be a broodmare with a record of 6-2-1 from her 10 starts. The filly is by Dark Angel and out of the Choisir mare Choose Me. • The soft-ground-living Librisa Breeze clipped past the favored Harry Angel and beat Tasleet by 1 1/4 lengths to win the Group 1 British Champions Sprint Stakes. Tasleet was three-quarters of a length better than Caravaggio, as Harry Angel, who had the lead a quarter-mile out, slipped back to fourth. Librisa Breeze, a 5-year-old by Mount Nelson, was ridden by Robert Winston for Dean Ivory, both of whom won their first Group 1. Librisa Breeze was timed in 1:16.78 for six furlongs on soft ground. • Even with just a furlong left in the two-mile, Group 2 British Champions Long Distance Cup, the heavily favored Order of St George looked beaten, but the estimable stayer surged late to post a half-length win over Torcedor, who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory after opening daylight in deep stretch. Fourth last out in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Order of St George was ridden by Ryan Moore for trainer O’Brien. The 5-year-old son of Galileo won for the 11th time in 22 starts.