Bow Echo, the unbeaten three-year-old colt, narrowly defeated Gstaad in a thrilling finish to win the St James’s Palace Stakes on the opening day of Royal Ascot. The 5-6 favorite, ridden by 20-year-old jockey Billy Loughnane, held off a late charge from Aidan O’Brien’s Irish 2,000 Guineas winner to prevail by a short h...