All the latest updates on ground and weather at the start of Royal Ascot week

Royal Ascot week has dawned and Monday is the calm before the storm.

Racing starts almost as far away from Ascot as you can get with afternoon meetings at Ayr and Carlisle.

It moves south later with Nottingham, plus Naas in Ireland, and finally Windsor doing the honours to herald in the five days.

Going report

Ayr (first race at 2.00)
Good to firm, good in places (GoingStick 8.0)

Carlisle (2.15)
Good to firm, good in places (GoingStick 7.9)

Naas (5.40)
Good to firm

Nottingham (5.50)
Good to firm (GoingStick 8.4)
Distances: last four races +6yds

Windsor (6.00)
Good to firm, good in places (GoingStick 7.5)
Distances: first, fifth six and seventh +12yds

Market movers

5.00 Carlisle - Firby 7-1 (from 8-1)
5.15 Ayr - Grandads World 6-1 (from 13-2)
6.50 Nottingham - Formidable Kitt 9-2 (from 5-1)

What to back

Richard Birch leads the tipping team for members with our other experts backing him up in the Tips Box and Signposts Sweetspots identifies the top stats to note.

What to read

Check out what could be the fairytale of the week in the St James's Palace Stakes with Tip Two Win bidding to give David Probert a first Group 1 win in his career.

Limato is in the last-chance saloon for mile races in Tuesday's Queen Anne and his owner Paul Jacobs has the latest update.

Members can get ready for Royal Ascot with the day-by-day guide compiled by form expert Graham Dench. Start here with Tuesday's comprehensive guide and selections.

What to watch

Check out Coventry Stakes winning trainer Richard Spencer's hopes for this year's Royal Ascot.

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Final thought

Good luck to Dinkum Diamond at Naas on Monday night. Yes that Dinkum Diamond, who was sixth when favourite and unbeaten going into the 2010 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot and returned four more times for trainer Henry Candy to run in the King's Stand and then three Wokinghams, with his best finish third in the 2012 running.

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