Royal Ascot day five: confirmed runners and riders as Pinatubo faces six

Pinatubo will face six rivals in the St James's Palace Stakes (3.00) at Royal Ascot on Saturday, as he bids to bounce back from his disappointing third in the 2,000 Guineas.

The Charlie Appleby-trained son of Shamardal was defeated for the first time in the Newmarket Classic and will once again take on Wichita, who finished second.

Appleby said: "Naturally, you are always disappointed when you lose that unbeaten tag but I take the positive out of a negative and the positives are that he went down on his sword and that last year he improved with each run. Any improvement going forward from the Guineas and they have got him to beat.

"It was not as if he finished a well-held fifth or sixth in the Guineas. He went down by length and a quarter against two very nice horses. Kameko is going to go off as the Derby favourite and Wichita is a big, scopey horse open to improvement from two to three.

Kameko wins the 2,000 Guineas with Wichita second and Pinatubo back in thirdCredit: Edward Whitaker

"We've got the champion two-year-old and I'm confident he is up where we need him to be and that he will go into the St James’s Palace in good order."

The unbeaten Palace Pier will also be lining up in the Group 1 after his impressive success at Newcastle earlier this month, which extended his winning run to three.

Threat, Arizona, Positive and Royal Dornoch complete the field in the St James's Palace Stakes, which is one of three races on the day that form part of the Qipco British Champions Series.

Confirmed runners and riders for the St James's Palace Stakes

1 Arizona (jockey tbc)
2 Palace Pier (Frankie Dettori)
3 Pinatubo (William Buick)
4 Positive (Adam Kirby)
5 Royal Dornoch (jockey tbc)
6 Threat (Oisin Murphy)
7 Wichita (Ryan Moore)

Ten runners have been declared for the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (3.35) with Sceptical aiming to give Denis Hogan his first winner at the meeting.

Sceptical will be ridden by Frankie Dettori and takes on last season's Haydock Sprint Cup winner Hello Youmzain, while the William Haggas-trained One Master also features.

Sceptical: will have the assistance of Frankie Dettori at Royal AscotCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

The Tin Man, winner of the Diamond Jubilee in 2017, looks to roll back the years for James Fanshawe, with Dream Of Dreams and Shine So Bright also set to run.

Sands Of Mali, Breathtaking Look and Speak In Colours complete the line-up.

Confirmed runners and riders for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes

1 Dream Of Dreams (Ryan Moore)
2 Hello Youmzain (Kevin Stott)
3 Khaadem (Jim Crowley)
4 Sands Of Mali (Ben Curtis)
5 Sceptical (Frankie Dettori)
6 Shine So Bright (Silvestre De Sousa)
7 Speak In Colours (William Buick)
8 The Tin Man (Oisin Murphy
9 Breathtaking Look (Andrea Atzeni)
10 One Master (James Doyle)

US-based British trainer Graham Motion looks to secure his first Royal Ascot winner with Sharing in the Coronation Stakes (2.25) as seven runners were declared.

Others in the line-up include Quadrilateral, who finished third in the 1,000 Guineas, and Run Wild, a comfortable winner of the Pretty Polly Stakes earlier in the month.

The Queen Mary Stakes (1.15) has attracted a field of 20 two-year-old fillies, with the impressive Aidan O'Brien-trained More Beautiful at the head of the betting, while 16 juveniles are set to go to post for the Coventry (1.50).

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