Royal Ascot 2013 Preview - Day One

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The flat racing season season’s premier festival takes place next week as thousands will descend upon Ascot for the glitz and glamour of the Royal meeting.

Last year’s Royal Ascot will be hard to live up to thanks to the exploits of Frankel and Black Caviar but Royal Ascot 2013 looks to have a great chance of proving equally as thrilling and exciting as twelve months ago.

Day one of the meeting is by far the best day in terms of the actual racing, with a staggering three consecutive Group 1 races to kick off the first day of the five day extravaganza followed by the Group 2 Coventry Stakes for two-year-olds.

With a dearth of top class racing, Tuesday definitely gets Royal Ascot off to a flying start, and here is a run down of the four Group races that will launch Royal Ascot 2013.