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KSI reveals secret to Royal Ascot success as he celebrates a winner on his birthday
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KSI reveals secret to Royal Ascot success as he celebrates a winner on his birthday The Britain's Got Talent judge was thrilled when Venetian Sun scored on a hot day at the royal meeting on Friday. He told presenter Rosie Turner how he picked the horse Britain's Got Talent judge KSI said he was "over the moon" as he celebrated a birthday winner at Royal Ascot.
KSI reveals secret to Royal Ascot success as he celebrates a winner on his birthday
The Britain's Got Talent judge was thrilled when Venetian Sun scored on a hot day at the royal meeting on Friday. He told presenter Rosie Turner how he picked the horse
Britain's Got Talent judge KSI said he was "over the moon" as he celebrated a birthday winner at Royal Ascot.
The influencer, musician and ex-professional boxer turned 33 on Friday and spent it enjoying the fourth day of the world famous meeting.
And his luck was in as he landed a bet on Venetian Sun in the Group One Commonwealth Cup, a horse owned by Brighton FC chairman Tony Bloom.
Footage on social media shows KSI waiting for the result to be confirmed, as outsider Spicy Marg forced a photo finish. And the TV star could not hide his delight as the number 21 horse was called the winner over the tannoy.
"I have three lucky numbers - 7, 14 and 21. That is my secret," he told Royal Ascot host Rosie Turner.
KSI said he returned to the fixture, which began on Tuesday, after having an "incredible" time a couple of years ago.
"I bet big, I won big," he chuckled. "We have just been looking around and been able to see how spectacular this place is.
"It's mind-blowing seeing how athletic they (the horses) are, the pace they go at as well it's surreal. We are seeing the best horses in the world so it's just fantastic."
KSI joined Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden to judge series 19 of BGT.
The final, televised on May 30, was won by The Hawkstone Farmers Choir which was formed by celebrity Jeremy Clarkson.
Its 30 members shared a first prize of £250,000 and they will perform in front of King Charles III at the Royal Variety Performance later this year.
The reigning monarch and Queen Camilla attended all five days of Royal Ascot, a tradition that dates back to Queen Anne in 1711.
The couple had high hopes for some of the thoroughbreds they own this year and Warrant Holder got closest to a famous win in Friday's Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes..
They stayer briefly took the lead, cheered on by the 50,000 plus crowd, but he could not hold off Opportunity who had a bit to spare at the line.
Over the years, the late Queen Elizabeth II saw 22 horses triumph at the fixture, where new centurion Aidan O'Brien was confirmed as the leading trainer for 2026.
He timed the ton perfectly for the feature race of the week, the Gold Cup, as Scandinavia pipped Trawlerman in an epic finish.