TASLEET can headline the final day of Royal Ascot by landing the Diamond Jubilee Stakes.

William Haggas' charge has had his problems but he is finally starting to deliver on the promise he showed as a juvenile.

The Showcasing colt was not beaten too far by Shalaa and landed a richly-endowed sales event as a two-year-old before winning a weak renewal of the Greenham Stakes on his first three-year-old outing.

Yet he sustained an injury following that success and was then off the track until finishing down the field in the Challenge Stakes last autumn, when he did not really convince over seven furlongs.

That comment also applied on his return at Leicester in April, so Haggas' decision to switch back to six furlongs for last month's Duke of York Stakes looked a good shout and Tasleet duly impressed in running out a clear-cut winner.

The reopposing Magical Memory was back in second that day and while his connections made much of the soft ground being against their runner, it was also considered a negative for Tasleet too.

His turn of pace to take control at the furlong pole was really impressive and, with fast ground to bounce off this time, Tasleet can graduate to Group One glory as today's nap under Jim Crowley.

ACROSS THE STARS, ridden by Olivier Peslier, can bounce back from a disappointing reappearance by claiming a second Royal Ascot success in the Hardwicke Stakes.

The four-year-old claimed the King Edward VII Stakes at the meeting last year but has hardly had much luck since, with some minor niggles derailing a couple of planned outings.

He has had just two runs since last June, finishing third in the Voltigeur at York, but then he did not make it to the track again last term and only returned at Newbury in May.

That Newbury run, when fifth on soft ground behind Hawkbill, was hardly ideal but it at least gave him a start after a cancelled trip to Dubai and a late withdrawal at Newmarket's Guineas meeting.

The quick ground will be much more to his liking and he can finally start to make the progress his three-year-old campaign suggested was possible with the freshness having been knocked off him.

PROJECTION disappointed at Newmarket but should not be written off in the Wokingham Stakes.

This six-furlong charge is always quite the puzzle to solve but prior to his slightly lacklustre seasonal return, Projection had appeared to be on the upgrade.

His fifth place in the consolation race for last year's Stewards' Cup shows he can handle a big field, while there was nothing wrong with his narrow third at Headquarters in another hot heat last August.

Projection did not find too much off the bridle after getting a bit edgy in the preliminaries, so it may be best to put a line through that and keep the faith with Roger Charlton's runner as Kieran Shoemark takes the reins.

SEPTEMBER was a thoroughly impressive winner on her racecourse bow and can strike gold again in the opening Chesham Stakes.

A daughter of Japan Cup hero Deep Impact out of multiple Group One winner Peeping Fawn, it would be no surprise to see September lining up in the Oaks next year, all going well.

However, in the shorter term this seven-furlong heat looks the ideal Ascot opportunity, given she ran out an impressive five-and-a-half-length winner over that distance at Leopardstown at the beginning of the month.

Aidan O'Brien notably won this race with a filly in Maybe back in 2011, not to mention a certain Churchill 12 months ago, and the allowance should prove most handy, as should Ryan Moore in the saddle.

KHAIRAAT was a deeply impressive winner at Chester on his seasonal bow and he must be the call in the Wolferton Handicap.

Winner of three of his four starts to date, Khairaat made every yard on the Roodee and never looked like being caught as he coasted home by four and a half lengths.

The handicapper has since given him a 13lb hike in the handicap but he is still thoroughly unexposed and looks a typical Sir Michael Stoute improver, with Crowley looking to kick off a double.

Godolphin enjoyed a stellar first day of the Royal meeting and QEWY can see the team sign off on a winning note in the closing Queen Alexandra Stakes.

Off the track since winning a Listed event at Sandown in Australia last autumn, Qewy had previously ran two crackers when fourth in the Melbourne Cup and winning the Geelong Cup.

Obviously he has a lengthy absence to overcome but, having previously been tried over jumps for John Ferguson, the distance rings no alarms bells and this could be the perfect springboard towards another Antipodean adventure.