Bring your own lunchpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Image source, PAThis racegoer's hat was clearly inspired by last night's meatball dinner
Summary
Updates from day five of Royal Ascot
September wins (14:30) Chesham Stakes
Snoano wins (15:05) Wolferton Handicap
Idaho wins (15:40) Hardwicke Stakes
The Tin Man wins (16:20) Diamond Jubilee Stakes
Out Do wins (17:00) Wokingham Stakes
Oriental Fox wins (17:35) Queen Alexandra Stakes
Bring your own lunchpublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Image source, PAImage caption, A 24th Royal Ascot win for Her Majesty?published at 12:38 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC SouthAs you may be aware, the Queen is notable for her knowledge and experience of horse racing.
She owns several horses, and has won hundreds of races in her 65 years in the sport.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Queen was presented with the Hardwicke Stakes trophy by Princess Beatrice last year
Her latest victory at Royal Ascot, her 23rd, came last year as Dartmouth came home in a pulsating Hardwicke Stakes.
The Sir Michael Stoute-trained horse is her last hope of picking up a victory this year, and has a good chance, having won the Yorkshire Cup on the Knavesmire last month.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Queen's first Royal Ascot victory came in 1953, on board Choirboy (far left)
One of the most remarkable Royal Ascot moments of all time came in 2013, when Estimate, owned by Her Majesty, won the Gold Cup.
The crowd will hope to have something to cheer about today, as the Queen hopes to continue her sporting success.
A late changepublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Ascot has announced a late change to the going.
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End of twitter postArriving in stylepublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Can't get a space in the car park? Well this is how some have chosen to arrive for the final and busiest day of Royal Ascot.
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Image source, PAUntouchable O'Brien?published at 11:55 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC SouthMeanwhile, in the leading trainer table, surely nobody can catch Aidan O'Brien?
The Irishman goes into today having achieved a 1-2-3 in the Coronation Stakes.
He has a plethora of winning chances today too.
Image source, Getty ImagesA tight racepublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC SouthWho will snatch the title of leading jockey at this year's Royal Ascot? It looks like a straight heat between Ryan Moore and William Buick.
Moore has particularly good chances with September in the Chesham Stakes and Dartmouth in the Hardwicke Stakes.
Buick meanwhile, could be sensing victory in two races, aboard Masar in the Chesham Stakes and Qewy in the Queen Alexandra Stakes.
It could get tight.
Royal Ascot: A brief historypublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC SouthIt was Queen Anne in 1711 that first saw the potential for a racecourse at Ascot (in those days called East Cote). The first race meeting ever held at Ascot took place later that year.
The first permanent building was erected around 1794 by a local Windsor builder, it held just 1,600 people.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A race at Ascot in 1820
The precise origins of the Royal Meeting are unclear, as the event evolved from the first four-day meeting that took place in 1768.
The meeting as it’s known today only really started to take shape with the introduction of the Gold Cup in 1807.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Queen opened a modern grandstand in 2006.
Ascot Racecourse closed for a £200-million redevelopment in 2004, and was reopened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on 20th June 2006.
We have got a good thing goingpublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
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End of twitter postIt's hard on the hoovespublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
A long and exciting day at Royal Ascot yesterday, which meant that even some of the punters needed re-shoeing by the end of the action.
Image source, ReutersImage caption, These ladies came well prepared with flip flops...
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The gates are openpublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
For the final time in 2017, the famous greencoats have parted the big metal gates outside the racecourse, and the punters have poured in.
As ever, there are six races on the card today, with coverage on BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio 5 Live throughout the day.
Image source, Getty Images(All times BST, distances in miles and furlongs):
14:30: Chesham Stakes 7f
15:05: Wolferton Rated Stakes 1 1/4m
15:40: Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) 1½m
16:20: Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) 6f
17:00: Wokingham Stakes 6f
17:35: Queen Alexandra Stakes 2m, 6f
'The Queen deserves a winner'published at 10:45 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Tim Dellor
BBC Berkshire Sport at AscotHow are we all doing for energy? Have you paced yourself through the five days or are you floundering like a favourite in the final furlong who has given too much early in the race?
One person who knows exactly how to pace herself is Her Majesty the Queen – but what a pace. In a week that has seen her deliver The Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, her husband be admitted to hospital, and cope with record breaking temperatures at the world’s most famous race meeting, the least she deserves is a winner.
Dartmouth may just deliver that in the Hardwicke Stakes at 15:40. Dartmouth’s win in the same race last year was one of the most popular wins of the year.
The big Group 1 race is worth an enormous £340,000. The Diamond Jubilee Stakes is the last of the 8 Group 1 races to be run this year at Royal Ascot.
It is worth noting that we expect the biggest crowd of the week in today, nudging up towards 75,000 people, so expect congestion around the course.
Jockey 'had beer thrown at him'published at 10:23 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Jockey Andrea Atzeni says a Royal Ascot racegoer threw a pint of beer at him as he made his way to the start of a race.
He said the incident happened before the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes, which was Friday's final race.
"It only just missed my horse, and he meant it," Atzeni told BBC Radio 5 live.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Andrea Atzeni won the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot on Stradivarius
"I was cantering down on the way to the start and some fella threw a plastic glass with beer in it," said Atzeni, who won the preceding Queen's Vase on Stradivarius.
Crowd behaviour was in the spotlight after images of a fight at the track on Thursday went viral online.
A report from the Ascot stewards said they held an inquiry and viewed a recording which showed a plastic glass being thrown from the area of the half-furlong marker.
This could cause some congestionpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
We shall update you with any more news as we get it.
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End of twitter postThe best of yesterdaypublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Winter and Caravaggio gave trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Ryan Moore a big-race double at Royal Ascot.
The English and Irish 1000 Guineas winner Winter (4-9 favourite) took victory in the Coronation Stakes.
Image caption, Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore with Ascot winner Winter
The filly completed a Group One treble as she defeated stablemates Roly Poly and Hydrangea for an O'Brien 1-2-3 in a repeat of the Irish Guineas result.
Unbeaten Caravaggio claimed the sixth win of his career with a brilliant turn of foot in the Commonwealth Cup.
And so, we've reached the final curtainpublished at 10:01 British Summer Time 24 June 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC SouthSo many events can fizzle out as the final days and hours approach.
Not Royal Ascot, that goes out with a bang.
We have six huge races, a bumper crowd, and the chance of Her Majesty The Queen picking up a winner.
Plenty to get excited about, then.
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