Mark O'Haire is wary of reading too much into the opening round shocks and he makes his case for a solid pick in Thursday's Group D showdown between Argentina and Croatia.

Rory Delargy thinks it's time we stopped fawning before the big trainers, and started taking them on, with Aidan O'Brien and Sir Michael Stoute in his sights

Kachy won't get his own way in the King's Stand, and is a poor price to make the frame in the day's big sprint, says Rory Delargy, who has a total of four lay suggestions on day one of Royal Ascot.

Adam Chernoff was bang on the money with Serbia on Sunday and he's back in the saddle this week taking a look at Colombia's opening Group H clash with Japan

The stars come out for the Royal Ascot, and we have a star-studded line-up to match. Your host Emmet Kennedy is joined by Matchbook Ambassador Joseph O'Brien, iTV's Francesca Cumani, and Racing UK's Tom Stanley to discuss all the major talking points facing trainers, owners, and bettors at this much celebrated and renowned meet.

Mark O'Haire returns with his World Cup diary and is pinning his hopes on two Sunday Funday bets from Russia

Rory Delargy picks out three horses who may be undone by forced tactics at the Esher venue

Adam is back with his biggest bet of the opening matches, risking triple his regular stake in a one-sided match on Sunday.

Pro bettor Mark Stinchcombe has trawled the opening fixtures of the 2018 World Cup and found three bets that should get you off to a winning start

The wait is almost over and Mark O'Haire is back in the saddle beginning his Matchbook World Cup Diary looking ahead to Matchday 1 and 2.