Royal Ascot tips: Diamond Jubilee betting preview ahead of the Group 1 live on ITV Racing on Saturday

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Royal Ascot tips: Diamond Jubilee betting preview ahead of the Group 1 live on ITV Racing on Saturday

SATURDAY'S re-jigged running order has thrown up treat after treat for us punters. There are Group 1s wherever you look.

And here we focus on the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (3.35) - a top-level sprint over six furlongs. With Blue Point off at stud, it's a great opportunity for one of the new kids on the scene to take the spoils. Our man Callum Jamieson takes a look.

We'll start at the top of the betting with Irish raider Sceptical, that makes sense, after all.

He comes here riding the crest of a wave, a bargain buy from the off-cuts of the Godolphin operation, for trainer Denis Hogan.

A string of handicap wins at Dundalk, followed by a cool and facile win in a Listed sprint at Naas. That's where the hype train really set off and the early booking of Frankie Dettori did nothing to delay it leaving the platform.

A lot has been made of that form and whether it stacks up to matching that of a Group 1 Royal Ascot tear-up. It probably doesn't, but this horse is still clearly improving.

One thing that has not been mentioned is the trip. Six furlongs at Ascot is very different to five at Dundalk and five-and-a-bit at Naas.

He has won over six, I hear you say. He has, but again that was at Dundalk. This is an uphill finish in holding ground. I'd be against him, especially at the prices.

One Master has been very popular with punters in the build-up to this and it's obvious to see why. The ground has come good for her at a track she goes very well on.

She was third in last year's Queen Anne and runner-up in the Champions Sprint at the end of the season. I would not put a sole off anyone backing her.

But this was not always going to be her starting point and she has tended to need a run or two to come to her best.

My money will likely be going on KHAADEM at an each-way price, providing the ground isn't too testing or holding.

Charlie Hills has had a good week and this sprinter has always gone under the radar. When you have Equilateral and Battaash as your neighbours, that's fair enough.

But he showed his own ability in the Stewards' Cup last season and I am happy to draw a line through his subsequent efforts in bogs at Haydock and back here on Champions Day.

His Goodwood run was a coming of age display, and with another winter on his back and freshened up, I can see him coming forwards again. Here's hoping anyway.

Hello Youmzain will likely have his conditions, but is not consistent enough for me to get involved with at around 4-1. Plus the Kevin Ryan team really haven't fired yet.

Old boy The Tin Man shouldn't be ruled out. He may be eight now, but this is his kind of race and he'll be there or there abouts for trainer James Fanshawe who is as good as any at getting one ready first time out.

Dream Of Dreams probably should have won this last year. He's been gelded and Sir Michael Stoute has booked Ryan Moore - intriguing. But he does have to bounce back.