It is taking almost a crowbar to deny Joseph O'Brien at Royal Ascot this week, but luckily for Wathnan and James Doyle they had the equine equivalent as the operation's recent acquisition Earth Shot (Time Test) got up to deny the Owning Hill runner Johanna Walsh (Sea The Stars) late in a thrilling G2 Ribblesdale Stakes.Rated highly from an early point by William Haggas, the bargain 90,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 purchase who is a half-sister to Wednesday's Prince of Wales's pacemaker Devil's Advocate had been sold by Childwickbury Stud's Paul and Sally Flatt for considerably more after narrowly missing out to the subsequent Prix de Diane third Inis Mor in Goodwood's Height Of Fashion last month.Needing to be nimble in a renewal in which Lady Roisia (St Mark's Basilica) stumbled and unseated Hector Crouch exiting the stalls and continued riderless among the group, the 4-1 second favourite who had been compromisingly wide on the home turn kept coming to overhaul Johanna Walsh close home and prevail by a head. Gilded Prize (Frankel) was a length away for Juddmonte, whose 13-8 favourite Legacy Link (Dubawi) was disappointing in seventh backing up from the Oaks.Got there very late! Earth Shot wins the Ribblesdale Stakes! #RoyalAscot pic.twitter.com/BATUKRO9AN— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 18, 2026The post Wathnan’s Earth Shot Gets Up Late In The Ribblesdale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.