Galileo and Sea The Stars fighting for the lead in sire standings
Son of Sadler's Wells has had more placed runners
Galileo has joined his half-brother Sea The Stars at the top of the Royal Ascot sire standings on three winners apiece, after Derby third Japan flew home to win the King Edward VII Stakes on Friday.
Watch Me provided her second-season sire Olympic Glory with a breakthrough Group 1 winner after springing a 20-1 surprise to land the Coronation Stakes.
Fellow sophomore Mukhadram, who came second to Al Kazeem in the 2013 Prince of Wales's Stakes, also fired in a first winner at the royal meeting in the shape of Sandringham Stakes scorer Thanks Be.
Bated Breath fired in a second winner of the week after Daahyeh landed the Albany Stakes in convincing style, as did Frankel, whose son Baghdad won the concluding Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, having also won the King George V Stakes last year.
Remarkably, all four of Banstead Manor Stud's roster with progeny of racing age have supplied a winner this week, with Kingman responsible for the Hampton Court winner Sangarius and Oasis Dream coming up trumps with the Royal Hunt Cup victor Afaak.
Showcasing joined his sire Oasis Dream on the scoresheet, after son Advertise added a second Group 1 win to his CV in the Commonwealth Cup.
| Wins | 2nds | 3rds | |
| Galileo | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Sea The Stars | 3 | 2 | |
| Frankel | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bated Breath | 2 | ||
| Kingman | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| No Nay Never | 1 | 1 | |
| Farhh | 1 | 1 | |
| Shamardal | 1 | 1 | |
| Oasis Dream | 1 | 1 | |
| Pivotal | 1 | 1 | |
| Showcasing | 1 | 1 | |
| Gleneagles | 1 | ||
| Mukhadram | 1 | ||
| Nathaniel | 1 | ||
| Olympic Glory | 1 | ||
| Slade Power | 1 | ||
| Society Rock | 1 | ||
| Whipper | 1 | ||
| Dark Angel | 1 | 2 | |
| Dubawi | 1 | 1 | |
| Teofilo | 1 | ||
| Zoffany | 1 | ||
| Australia | 1 | ||
| Dream Ahead | 1 | ||
| Exceed And Excel | 1 | ||
| Footstepsinthesand | 1 | ||
| Lope De Vega | 1 | ||
| Munnings | 1 | ||
| Paco Boy | 1 | ||
| Pastoral Pursuits | 1 | ||
| Sixties Icon | 1 | ||
| Vale Of York | 1 | ||
| Fastnet Rock | 2 | ||
| Kodiac | 2 | ||
| Motivator | 2 | ||
| Brazen Beau | 1 | ||
| Casamento | 1 | ||
| Wootton Bassett | 1 | ||
| Zebedee | 1 |
Rule Britannia
The British breeding industry looks set to claim bragging rights after this week with four further winners on Friday, led by the Commonwealth Cup hero Advertise, with 13 winners carrying the GB suffix so far this week, five more than Ireland.
Watch Me was a welcome winner for the FR suffix when spoiling Hermosa's party in the Coronation Stakes, while Irish breds drew a blank on day four.
| Wins | 2nds | 3rds | 4ths | |
| GB | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| IRE | 8 | 15 | 1 | 9 |
| FR | 3 | 5 | ||
| USA | 1 | 2 | ||
| GER | 1 |
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