The going for day three of Royal Ascot, Thursday 19th June, is: Good to Firm on the Straight Course and Good to Firm, Good in places on the Round Course.

GoingStick at 8am:

Stands’ side: 8.9

Centre: 8.5

Far side: 8.7

Round: 7.1

Stalls:

Straight Course: centre

Round Course: inside

Rail movements:

The rail that was in place on the Round Course for the past two days has been removed, providing fresh ground from approximately nine furlongs out to the home straight.

Weather:

Dry over the past 24 hours to 6.30am Thursday. It is forecast to be dry and warm through to the end of the week. Max temps forecast to be 28c today.

For access to our live weather station and the latest Going info, please go to www.ascot.com/thegoing

Watering:

Watered whole track 5mm Wednesday night. The current plan for the week is to water each night to replace moisture lost through evapotranspiration.

Non-runners

5.00pm Britannia Stakes

19 Linwood (self cert – lame)

5.35pm Hampton Court Stakes (Group 3)

1 Al Shababi (self cert – not eaten up)