Henri Matisse can add to the colour at royal meeting

It adds an extra dimension to the St James's Palace Stakes when the three major Guineas winners from Newmarket, the Curragh and Longchamp are in the field and Epsom's loss is Royal Ascot's gain following the late scratching of Ruling Court, the 2,000 Guineas winner, from the Derby 10 days ago.

- Greg Wood

Ruling Court was half a length in front of Field Of Gold at Newmarket but John & Thady Gosden's colt was finishing best of all after allowing Ruling Court to get first run, and subsequently trounced his field in the Irish equivalent at the Curragh.

The market for today's race on day one at Royal Ascot very much takes the view that Field Of Gold was unlucky at Newmarket, and he is odds-on to reverse the form with Ruling Court.

Aidan O'Brien's Henri Matisse (4.20), meanwhile, is third-favourite among the principals, despite having won the French 2,000 Guineas - around a right-handed bend on good-to-firm ground - with something to spare.