Keep on eye on this fab four

You can see it happening in front of you, brick by brick, as Aidan O’Brien gradually puts his Royal Ascot team in place.

Royal Ascot is the greatest show in town when it comes to Flat racing, Cheltenham without obstacles if you like.

But whereas Cheltenham is now something of an Irish benefit, or at least a Willie Mullins-Gordon Elliott benefit, given how weak the British challenge has become, Ascot offers an altogether stiffer test, even for the bluebloods representing Ballydoyle.