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ITV Racing tips: one key runner from each race on ITV on day four at Royal Ascot

ITV will be broadcasting seven live races from Royal Ascot on ITV and ITV4 on Friday. The action on day four features some top-class names, notably Campanelle and Mother Earth, and we've got you covered for the day's terrestrial TV coverage.

Day four of Royal Ascot subject to an inspection following deluge of rain

Royal Ascot Friday: ITV Racing tips

Our Spotlight experts select their best bets for day four of Royal Ascot

2.30 Ascot
Albany Stakes, Group 3, 6f, ITV

Day four kicks off with the second juvenile race of the meeting specifically for fillies and impressive Goodwood winner Flotus, who has the services of Frankie Dettori for the first time, is likely to be prominent at the head of the market.

Amo Racing's Hello You and the Aidan O'Brien-trained Prettiest are others with a similar profile.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Hello You

May have not beaten any stars at Wolverhampton but the time was good; exciting

King Edward VII Stakes, Group 2, 1m4f, ITV

Alenquer has his first run for William Haggas since beating subsequent Derby winner Adayar in Sandown's Classic Trial in April. Yibir was not much further behind in that race for Charlie Appleby and reopposes here.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Belloccio

Soundly beaten so far this year but slow ground could help him tap back into two-year-old promise

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Commonwealth Cup, Group 1, 6f, ITV

The newest Group 1 of the royal meeting has attracted a field of 20 runners, headed by last season's explosive Queen Mary and Prix Morny winner Campanelle for US trainer Wesley Ward.

French raider Suesa, Dragon Symbol and Middle Park winner Supremacy are among the many dangers in a wide-open race.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Campanelle

3-3 over sprint trips, including wins in the 2020 Queen Mary and the Morny; respected

Coronation Stakes, Group 1, 1m, ITV

Mother Earth and Empress Josephine, stablemates at Ballydoyle and the winners of the 1,000 Guineas and Irish equivalent respectively, clash in a mouthwatering battle of the fillies.

However, it is far from a two-horse and one stable race, with Group 1 juvenile winners Pretty Gorgeous, Shale and Alcohol Free and the highly touted Snow Lantern all among the opposition.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Pretty Gorgeous

Leading player on two-year-old form and should be sharper for her Irish 1,000 Guineas effort

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Sandringham Stakes (Handicap), 1m, ITV

This straight mile fillies' handicap looks as tricky to decipher as ever, a notion summarised neatly by the last two winners being priced at 33-1.

Friendly, sixth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas when beaten a little more than three lengths, and Listed winner My Generation provide the class angles, but there are a host of unexposed dangers lurking.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Urban Violet

Bolted up at Sandown two starts ago and subsequent disappointment may have come too soon

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Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap), 1m4f, ITV

This is a race that has suited those drawn high in recent years with the last ten winners all breaking from a double-figure stall position.

Scarlet Dragon gave Hollie Doyle her breakthrough moment at the royal meeting a year ago and the pair are back for more in the same race off 4lb higher. Aaddeey, Quickthorn, Valyrian Steel and Zabeel Champion are among the runners to win last time out.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Quickthorn

Smooth as you like on reappearance at Haydock (1m4f, good to soft); raised 13lb; player

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Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes (Handicap), 5f, ITV4

Charlie Hills is a dab hand with sprinters and Equality, a nine-length winner at Wolverhampton last time, boasts a fascinating profile on his handicap debut.

Significantly has significantly more experience but ran well behind the classy Dragon Symbol at Hamilton, while Mo Celita bids to complete an incredible six-timer for Adrian Nicholls.

SPOTLIGHT TIP: Dream Composer

Chasing hat-trick after decisive come-from-behind wins on slow turf/AW; better to come

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Race 1, 2.30 Royal Ascot: HELLO YOU
Race 2, 3.05 Royal Ascot: BELLOCCIO
Race 3, 3.40 Royal Ascot: CAMPANELLE
Race 4, 4.20 Royal Ascot: PRETTY GORGEOUS
Race 5, 5.00 Royal Ascot: URBAN VIOLET
Race 6, 5.35 Royal Ascot: QUICKTHORN
Race 7, 6.10 Royal Ascot: DREAM COMPOSER

Friday's Royal Ascot previews:

2.30 Royal Ascot: 'She's as nice a two-year-old as I've had' – key quotes for the Albany

3.05 Royal Ascot: Derby hero Adayar's conqueror Alenquer looks the one to beat based on form

3.40 Royal Ascot: 'I expect her to outrun her odds' – key quotes and analysis for the Commonwealth

4.20 Royal Ascot: battle of the 1,000 Guineas stars as Mother Earth takes on Empress Josephine

4.20 Royal Ascot: another for Ireland? Coronation Stakes often slips out of home team's grasp (Members' Club)

5.00 Royal Ascot: Graeme Rodway on the importance of getting the right rider in the Sandringham

5.35 Royal Ascot: a decade of winners from stall ten or higher – will the run continue?

6.10 Royal Ascot: 'It's a bit of a fairytale' – Mo Celita bids to complete rags-to-riches tale