Four for Royal Ascot: Alex Hammond

My first selection comes in the opening race, which could set the tone for the week. Charlie Appleby hasn't been operating at his usual high strike rate but things are looking up this month, so I think MODERN GAMES can win the Queen Anne Stakes for Godolphin's main trainer. He's a dual Breeders’ Cup winner who has been as good as ever this season, as his latest win at Newbury showed. He managed to win the Lockinge despite the runner-up trying to bite him, and I think he'll have the teeth to see off his rivals here.

I’m very keen on MY PROSPERO in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. He bypassed his intended reappearance in the Paradise Stakes here on trials day after scoping badly. He then turned up in the Lockinge last month but the trip at Newbury looked too sharp for him, so the step back up to a mile and a quarter should be ideal for the William Haggas trained four-year-old.

I won't be alone in fancying CARLA’S WAY in the Albany. She was well fancied ahead of her racecourse debut at Doncaster and won despite doing plenty wrong. She pulled like a train throughout but won very nicely, and that form has been franked in style. James Doyle has been jocked up by Simon and Ed Crisford and he's in flying form.

I'm looking forward to seeing the clash of many nations in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. There are horses entered from Ireland, France, America, Australia and Hong Kong. Richard Gibson trains the Hong Kong representative WELLINGTON, and he'll be hoping his seven-year-old can go one better than Gold Fun, who was second for him in the 2016 running of this Group 1. This horse is top class in Hong Kong and his British-born trainer knows all about the European racing scene, having been a leading trainer in France before his switch to Hong Kong.

MODERN GAMES (Queen Anne Stakes, 2.30 Tuesday)
MY PROSPERO (Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, 4.20 Wednesday)
CARLA’S WAY (Albany Stakes, 2.30 Friday)
WELLINGTON (Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, 4.20 Saturday)