No favorites were safe in the three Group 1 races at Royal Ascot in Britain on Tuesday, the first of five days of the prestigious flat racing festival. Triple Time ($70.10) opened the day with a bold win in the $961,275 Queen Anne Stakes at a mile, followed two races later by a dramatic score by Bradsell ($34) in the $804,200 King’s Stand Stakes at five furlongs. Form was restored to a large extent when second choice Paddington ($6.20) caught even-money favorite Chaldean in the stretch to win the $769,000 St. James’s Palace Stakes for 3-year-old milers. Triple Time, ridden by Neil Callan for trainer Kevin Ryan, was always near the front and won by neck over 3-1 Inspiral. Modern Games, the even-money favorite and winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland last November, was well placed early in the field of 12, but faded late to finish fourth, beaten 3 1/2 lengths. :: Royal Ascot 2023: Get PPs, previews, analysis, recaps, and more Triple Time, a 4-year-old colt by Frankel, won for the fourth time in his seventh start in the Queen Anne, his Group 1 debut. Triple Time won the Group 3 Superior Mile Stakes at Haydock Park near Manchester last September. Triple Time earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita on Nov. 4. The Queen Anne Stakes was Triple Time’s first start of the year. The colt missed an intended start in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes, won by Modern Games, at Newbury Racecourse last month because of stomach issues. Bradsell, ridden by Hollie Doyle, survived a stewards’ inquiry to secure the King’s Stand Stakes. Bradsell won by a length, but drifted out in the final furlong, hampering 3-2 favorite Highfield Princess, who finished second in the field of 17. The stewards ruled the incident did not affect the order of finish. Bradsell, a 3-year-old colt by the Showcasing stallion Tasleet, has won 3 of 6 starts for trainer Archie Watson, including the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Ascot in 2022. Bradsell was supplemented to the King’s Stand Stakes for $44,500 and earned approximately $453,300 for the win. Watson indicated after the race that Bradsell will be pointed to the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at five furlongs at York Racecourse on Aug. 25. John Quinn, who trains Highfield Princess, said the 6-year-old mare remains a candidate for Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at six furlongs, the main race on the final day of the Royal Ascot week. Twilight Gleaming, the winner of the Giant’s Causeway Stakes for fillies and mares at 5 1/2 furlongs at Keeneland in April in her only previous start this year, finished 16th at 15-1 for American trainer Wesley Ward. Paddington emphasized his status as Europe’s top 3-year-old miler with a successful stalking trip in the St. James’s Palace Stakes. Paddington, ridden by Ryan Moore for trainer Aidan O’Brien, finished 3 3/4 lengths in front of Chaldean, the winner of the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in May. Paddington won the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on May 27. The St. James’s Palace Stakes was Paddington’s fifth consecutive win. A colt by Siyouni, Paddington was fifth in a maiden race at Ascot last September, his only start outside of Ireland prior to the St. James’s Palace Stakes. Paddington, owned by the Coolmore partnership, gave O’Brien a record 83rd career win at Royal Ascot, one more than Michael Stoute. Moore said Paddington may run in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes for 3-year-olds at Goodwood on Aug. 2. :: Bet Royal Ascot racing on DRF Bets O’Brien won his 82nd race at Royal Ascot with River Tiber in Tuesday’s Coventry Stakes for 2-year-olds. Ridden by Moore and owned by the Coolmore partnership, River Tiber ($4.10) finished a neck in front of 22-1 Army Ethos in a field of 20. River Tiber, who was favored, is a Wootton Bassett colt who is unbeaten in three starts. Fandom (11-1) finished 11th for Ward. Fandom and Twilight Gleaming were ridden by John Velazquez, a late replacement for an ill Irad Ortiz, Jr. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.