Race fans aren't put off by the weather as they arrive for another busy programme of racing on Friday at Ascot

Two of racing's greats, Lester Piggott and Willie Carson, catch up with each other as the course starts to fill up once again

Showers do little to dampen spirits and the official verdict is that the going is good to firm, despite overnight rain

The sun finally comes out at Ascot in time for the arrival of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in horse-drawn carriage

There is a surprise in the Albany Stakes when Jamie Spencer wins on the Mick Channon-trained outsider Nijoom Dubai

A heavy downpour has brollies popping up all round the course and softens up the ground before the King Edward VII Stakes

Punters run for cover to avoid a drenching as the rain comes down and changes the conditions to good to soft

The conditions suit Joe Fanning on Boscobel and he leads home from Jimmy Fortune on Lucarno in the King Edward VII Stakes

Richard Hughes takes advantage of a sunny spell to streak home in the Coronation Stakes by six lengths on Indian Ink

Darryll Holland lands the Wolferton Handicap on Championship Point to give trainer Mick Channon his second win of the day

Mick Kinane gives the punters something to shout about with his third win of the week, on Mahler in the Queen's Vase

Francis Norton wins on Binanti in the Buckingham Palace Stakes to wrap up a busy - albeit muddy - Ascot Friday