Dubai: Saeed Bin Surour, four times a recipient of the London Clubs Charity Trophy as the top trainer at Royal Ascot, will be hoping to roll back the years with a successful campaign at this year’s renewal of British racing’s most prestigious and valuable race meeting.

The long-serving Godolphin handler, who last won the honour in 2004, having previously been champion in 1996, ‘97 and ‘99, will be taking a strong team of horses to the five-day extravaganza, which kicks-off on June 14.

Royal Ascot offers a unique mix of high-quality racing, fashion and pageantry and is arguably the most-anticipated racing festival anywhere in the world.

The event gets off to a rousing start with the opening day’s card boasting three Group 1 races, one Group 2 and a Listed race.

Bin Surour, together with his Godolphin teammate Charlie Appleby, and supported by the likes of Roger Varian, John Gosden, Richard Hannon and Mark Johnston, will be represented by the cream of their crop over the five brilliant race days encompassing 30 top class races.

Godolphin’s Belardo looks a strong contender in Tuesday’s Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes, a race that attracts the leading older milers and has this year caught the fancy of American handler Mark Casse, who runs his Breeders’ Cup sensation Tepin.

The Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes, a race which usually features colts that have won or were placed in the English, Irish or French Guineas, is the likely target of Appleby’s highly-regard colt Emotionless.

Star power might be provided by Galileo Gold, winner of the 2000 Guineas, together with The Gurkha, winner of the French equivalent.

Muthmir, owned by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, looks to have strong claims in the King’s Stand Stakes, which will also be contested by the Clive Cox-trainer Profitable, Sole Power and Acapulco,

The Day 2 highlight is the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, one of the highlights of the season and is supported by the Queen Mary Stakes and Sandringham Stakes.

With a prize fund of £750,000, the Prince of Wales Stakes is one of the most lucrative races with only the Diamond Jubilee Stakes rivalling it in terms of prize money. Postponed, Found and New Bay look set to line up for the Queen Mary Stakes, while Amazing Maria is set for a return in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes.

Day 3 at Royal Ascot is highlighted by the Gold Cup, a race run over a gruelling two and a half miles. It is also popularly known as the Ladies’ Day.

The Gold Cup has been won by many legendary horses, not least the great Yeats, who won the race in four consecutive years.

Also featured on the card are the Norfolk Stakes, Britannia Stakes and King George V Stakes.

Day 4 is quite simply Coronation Stakes Day and could see 2015 Albany Stakes winner, Illuminate, take on Ballydoyle and Minding.

The twin feature is the Commonwealth Cup a race which could be tackled by Washington DC, Acapulco and Gifted Master.

Worth a whopping £600,000, the Diamond Jubilee Stakes run over six furlongs, is a fitting Grand Finale of the Royal Ascot Festival.

The race has been won by many notable sprinters, but it is perhaps best remembered as the race that Lester Piggott won an incredible nine wins.