ALL good things must come to an end, and we have to wait another 12 months before Royal Ascot is upon us again, but we do have some great memories from the last week.

Very rarely do we get to build up a relationship with any Flat horses like we have done with Yeats.

On Thursday he won his fourth Ascot Gold Cup for top Irish trainer Aiden O’Brien.

In the winners’ enclosure afterwards, where the eight year-old received the loudest cheer of the week O’Brien said: “Unbelievable – that’s all I can say.

“History is very hard to change. We knew we had a wonderful horse but usually fairytales don’t come true.”

Another popular winner came on Friday afternoon when Holberg came home in front in the Queen’s Vase to give Mark Johnston his fastest 100 winners.

The Middleham trainer has a great record in this race, winning the Group 3 contest five times since 2001.

On this performance Holberg could be the horse to take over from Yeats when he goes to stud, and Johnston was delighted afterwards.

He said: “He has been a good horse all winter and probably would have done better last time but the slow pace was against him and we held him up.

“We know it’s a quality performance and Joe said maybe he’s a Gold Cup horse for next year.

“Clearly the further he goes the better he goes.”

Johnston was yet again on the score sheet in the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes on the final day of the Royal meeting with Drill Sergeant leading home stable mate Record Breaker.

With 11 winners in the last week Johnston’s horses are in great nick and the Middleham handler can add another big win to his CV this weekend in the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.

Keenes Day will be the horse flying the flag for the yard and four year-old ran better than his finishing position suggested.

A combination of not getting home over the two mile four furlong trip at Ascot and his first race since April seen the grey coming home in 13 place, but a drop back to two miles at Gosforth Park this Saturday could just do the trick in the richest staying handicap in Europe, due of at 3.10pm.