“THE best racing in the world mixed with history and pageantry, simply the best of British,” Ed Chamberlin set the scene for Royal Ascot on ITV Racing.

For the five days of Royal Ascot, racing gets a full attention slot on mainstream TV and the point is often missed by regular racegoers, that this above all meetings, is part of the British summer and to appeal to a national prime-time audience, it needs to have a bit of everything.