Day-by-day highlights for Royal Ascot week

TUESDAY St James’s Palace Stakes

Churchill (right) bids to follow up wins in both the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas but faces a big threat from Barney Roy, who stumbled badly when second to him at Newmarket.

WEDNESDAY Prince of Wales’s Stakes

John Gosden’s Dubai Sheema Classic winner Jack Hobbs drops back in distance to try to show he is just as effective at 1m 2f but Sir Michael Stoute’s Ulysses in a big obstacle.

THURSDAY Gold Cup

The 2016 winner Order of St George (right) is hot favourite to give trainer Aidan O’Brien an eighth winner in the feature race of the meeting. Chief threat could be the mare Simple Verse.

FRIDAY Commonwealth Cup

The showdown between speedball Harry Angel, turbo-charged Caravaggio and 6f course record holder Blue Point is one of the most anticipated clashes of the week.

SATURDAY Diamond Jubilee Stakes

Limato is potential champion sprint material if he sees off rivals led by Tasleet and The Tin Man to give trainer Henry Candy a second successive win following Twilight Son last year.