Sectionally brilliant lead up efforts have co-trainer Paul Snowden confident both Miss Hellfire and Touristic are ready to be major players in their respective races at Kembla Grange on Saturday.

As much as jockey Nash Rawiller can be confident he’s on the best horse in Tuesday’s $3 million Big Dance (1600m) he’s wary that Cepheus could be vulnerable under the 62kg impost.

The Australian duo of Coolangatta and Cannonball have each performed below their best with unplaced efforts in the Group 1 King’s Stand Stakes on Day 1 of Royal Ascot.

Royal Ascot is finally upon us and Sam King returns with three tremendous selections to get the week off with a bang…

Some of the world’s quickest equine performers will grace the Ascot turf on Tuesday as the Group 1 King's Stand Stakes sees nineteen high-class sprinters take each other on for Royal meeting glory.