Royal Ascot tips: Modern Games and Australian raider best bets on day one

A proven star, a rising star and an Aussie star look set to sparkle the brightest at Royal Ascot. This meeting is a five-day feast of the senses and Tuesday's amuse-bouche is the ultimate sporting palate cleanser for the tasty fare to come.

Indeed, you could make a strong claim there isn't a better day of racing in the UK this year, with three sparkling Group Ones, which pit the best of Great Britain and Ireland against global all-comers, the Queen Anne Stakes, King's Stand Stakes and St James's Palace Stakes.

Twelve months ago, Baaeed's position as favourite for the opening Queen Anne Stakes (2.30pm) was so rock solid the only question was how much he would win by. This year's renewal is more open but Breeders' Cup star and recent Lockinge winner MODERN GAMES looks the pick ahead of Frankie Dettori's Inspiral.

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Aussie sprinter COOLANGATTA looks to follow up on last year's success of compatriot Nature Strip in the blink and you'll miss it King's Stand Stakes (3.40pm)

Home hope Highfield Princess is a worthy favourite with two Group One wins last season but the filly from Down Under looks all class to deliver an eighth Royal Ascot win for an Aussie raider and a first for Melbourne Cup winning handler Ciaron Maher.

It’s 34 years since an unknown 18-year-old Italian rode Rain Burst to finish fifth in the Coronation Stakes, 12,422 days later, Dettori will call time on his Royal Ascot career this weekend.

He is desperate to score the three winners he needs to move to a career tally of 80 at the meeting and has plenty of live day one opportunities.

Inspiral was his only winner last year and 2000 Guineas winner Chaldean is another great chance on