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Royal Ascot stable tours with Aidan O’Brien and Joseph O’Brien amongst others are now online on the At The Races website. Loads of snippets in there. ascotm.attheraces.com/royal-ascot/st…

Lady With The Lamp is very good at two things, making faces and winning races! All being well, this time next week she’ll be running in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. We are all very proud and appreciative of her. 🙌

This week's column: The stage is set for the greatest show on turf. attheraces.com/blogs/kevin-bl…

Green Sense working at The Curragh ahead of Ascot Racecourse video courtesy of Joseph O'Brien 🤞🧿#DoubleGreen

Royal Ascot is without question or doubt my favourite race meeting of them all. I am delighted to be with the ITV Racing team for all five days, both on the Opening Show and in the afternoons. There will be analytical nuance flying in all directions! 😛

Kevin setting his stall out early with Matt 😆🥊 Kevin Blake | @mcyeeehaaa | Oli Bell

We tried. We failed. We’ll try again. It didn’t happen for Lady With The Lamp today, but she seems fine after the race and will be back to fight another day. It was surreal to have an involvement in a Group 1 on the greatest stage with wonderful friends. I love this sport! 🙌

This won’t be beaten as the best story of the week in my book. What we saw today was the culmination of 50 years of graft for Joe Murphy and his family. I couldn’t be more thrilled for them all. A gentleman.

That’s it for Royal Ascot 2025. The entire ITV Racing team both in front of and behind the cameras played blinders. There was an awful lot of sweat and more than a few tears (mostly of joy!) along the way. Next year seems a long way away, but I’m already counting down to it. 🙌

Extremely proud of Al Riffa again today. He has flown the flag for the Joseph O'Brien team around the world, winning two Group 1s and finishing strong seconds to the Ace Impact, City Of Troy and now to a legend in Rebel’s Romance. Hopefully many more big days ahead for him. 🙌

Live, love, laugh! 🤗

"As an event, nothing comes close to Royal Ascot Racecourse." Kevin Blake salutes last week's success stories both on and off the track in his latest column 👇

Opportunity knocked, Elizabeth Gale answered! Got a real kick out of that. She’s one to keep an eye on. That 7lb claim won’t be there for long.

No idea what the crowd figure was at the The Curragh Racecourse today, but I couldn’t care less. Great buzz all around the track all day (yesterday too) and it was still buzzing when I left an hour after the last (below). Contrary to some reports, there’s plenty of life in this place yet.

The latest episode of the Weighed-In Podcast is now online. We got stuck straight into the main talking points surrounding all the action at the Curragh on and off the track before dealing with more difficult subjects later in the show. open.spotify.com/episode/4tZRmW…

After four years of proud national service, I unfortunately have had to stand down as the manager of Team Ireland in the Racing League this year due to scheduling difficulties. mick fitzgerald has answered the call of his country and will give it a great lash. 🇮🇪

This week’s column: The Curragh, the crowds and the cynics. m.attheraces.com/blogs/kevin-bl…

A portion of racing Twitter after Irish Derby weekend:

I woke up this morning and decided to have a go. I then decided to put it on Instagram before the event to make me accountable to my effort. This is the result. Apologies for the colourful language, I was fired up! instagram.com/kevinblakeraci…