Royal Ascot

Main image (Background Landscape) : 

Ladies and gentleman

Proof here that, in the wrong hands, Sex Panther cologne can have truly devastating results. A dab under each ear and old Reg here was beating them off with a rolled-up copy of the Royal Ascot form guide. Cue the Benny Hill music, please.

Main image (Background Landscape) : 

Tasty dish Meet Black Caviar, who this Saturday bids to usurp our own dear Liz in becoming the real queen of Ascot. The six-year-old Aussie wondermare runs in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of the royal meeting tomorrow, and the bookies are currently offering odds of no better than 1/2 that she makes mincemeat of a top-class field of equine sprinters. But why is she such a big fish? Sport investigates.

Main image (Background Landscape) : 

Tuesday June 19
BBC and At the Races, 2pm

Paul Kealy of the Racing Post picks out a few nags to keep an eye on...

Royal Ascot is always special, but the 2012 jamboree will be doubly so because the two best horses in the world will be lining up in Berkshire.