The formidable combination of trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore bids to win the G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2005m) for the fourth time in nine years with Los Angeles.

Illinois will take on seven rivals as he bids to follow in the illustrious footsteps of his recently retired stablemate and claim Ascot Gold Cup glory at the Royal meeting on Thursday.

Sam King is back with four selections on the opening day of Royal Ascot.

The formidable combination of trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore bids to win the G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes (2005m) for the fourth time in nine years with Los Angeles.

The Royal Meeting begins with the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

With 114 declared runners for Tuesday’s (17 June) hotly contested opening day at Royal Ascot, only Field Of Gold in the G1 St James’s Palace Stakes (1600m) – third of the afternoon’s Group 1 contests – can be rated as a very likely winner.

Racing and Sports' rundown on the opening day of Royal Ascot for 2025

Francis-Henri Graffard saddled three of the first four home in the Group 1 Prix de Diane, with Gezora getting the better of Aidan O’Brien’s Bedtime Story to claim top honours in the fillies’ Classic.

The Royal Ascot extravaganza could hardly be kick-started more memorably next Tuesday (17 June) with former US-trained heavyweight miler Carl Spackler clashing with Britain’s star milers Rosallion, Dancing Gemini, Lead Artist and Notable Speech in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) over the iconic track’s straight course.

Aidan O’Brien’s Illinois heads ten confirmations for Thursday’s Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

Staying fillies come to the fore in the Prix de Diane run at Chantilly on Sunday.

After the Epsom excitements we head south on Sunday.

Aidan O’Brien claimed his eleventh Epsom Oaks courtesy of a gutsy success from Minnie Hauk.

Last year’s St Leger Stakes hero Jan Brueghel bounced back to winning ways to deny Calandagan a first Group 1 success in a thrilling renewal of the Coronation Cup at Epsom on Friday.