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Andrew Balding and Oisin Murphy opened their accounts for Royal Ascot as Miss Information finished strongly to take the Kensington Palace Stakes.

ANDREW Balding’s Never So Brave (4/1F) powered up the stands’ rail to win the Buckingham Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday.

A competitive card awaits

He rode Lead Artist to victory in the meeting’s main event

The Group 1 contest, worth more than £200,000 to the winner, is the feature of the whole weekend

The action gets underway at 1.55

Racegoers can look forward to evening racing, live music & festival-style food and drink

The headline act over in Ireland will, of course, be Constitution Hill

Families and horseracing fans have flocked to the Valley of the Racehorse for the annual Lambourn Open Day.

‘We’re looking forward to seeing the yards buzzing’

‘We won a lot last year, so it’ll be tough to beat, but we’ve made a good start’

Balding won five races over the two days

The action kicks off at 1.52pm

Nicky Henderson’s star performer is set to face six rivals on Merseyside

Racing kicks off at 1.55 with a novice hurdle

‘We will look forward to getting to know them both in late summer’

‘We will think about what to do next’

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‘He’s got a massive chance’