{"id":53717,"date":"2025-06-24T07:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=53717"},"modified":"2025-06-24T07:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:25:15","slug":"watch-simon-cowell-matt-chapman-interview-windsor-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/watch-simon-cowell-matt-chapman-interview-windsor-races\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Is Matt Chapman The Next BGT Presenter? 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Super kind words and what fun with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonCowell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SimonCowell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WindsorRaces?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WindsorRaces<\/a> on a night out with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EventmastersUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EventmastersUK<\/a>. Eric was charming too\u2026class \ud83c\udfc7\ud83d\udd7a\ud83c\udfff <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2PA82toa9\">pic.twitter.com\/X2PA82toa9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Chapman (@MCYeeehaaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MCYeeehaaa\/status\/1937257042240241942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Matt Chapman Also Pitches Himself To Simon Cowell To Takeover From Ant and Dec<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Which led Matt Chapman to suggest if Ant and Dec are ever not available and if he can find a sidekick &#8211; he&#8217;s the man for the job.<\/p>\n<p>With Cowell saying tongue-in-cheek.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We can negotiate something&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; and Chapman adding &#8221; <em>There&#8217;s no need to negotiate &#8211; I&#8217;d do it for nothing&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although not a Cowell show, Matt Chapman&#8217;s only step away from horse racing coverage was when asked to commentate on ITV&#8217;s Dancing On Ice in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chapman didn&#8217;t last long and left after just ONE show &#8211; being replaced by Sky Sports man Sam Matterface.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed Simon Cowell was at Windsor races on Monday with EventMastersUK &#8211; saying he goes once-a-year to this meeting and it&#8217;s his favourite of all the horse racing tracks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Simon Cowell Offers Matt Chapman&#8217;s Daughter &#8216;Coco&#8217; An Open Invitation Audition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s more.<\/p>\n<p>The three-minute long interview also saw Matt Chapman introduced to Simon Cowell&#8217;s famous son Eric, who is often seen just off camera on BGT and the X Factor.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was Chapman&#8217;s offspring that got more attention as the Sky Sports Racing man reminded the judging legend of a conversation they had in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Saying about five years ago at Epsom races Chapman said he asked Cowell to do a video for him to try and get his daughter Coco to learn her times tables.<\/p>\n<p>With the video ending with Cowell saying <em>&#8220;Coco, if you do it &#8211; I promise you one day I will let you come on one of my shows and audition.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since then, Chapman&#8217;s daughter Coco has done well &#8211; she&#8217;s been performing on stage with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat &#8211; aged 10 for the last eight months.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman added that she&#8217;s very close to that moment (auditioning).<\/p>\n<p>With led Simon Cowell end the interview and say <em>&#8220;you have an open invitation to audition Coco &#8211; just do it&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can\u2019t tell you how proud I am to reveal my little one Coco is going on tour with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephMusical?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JosephMusical<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialALW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OfficialALW<\/a> \ud83d\udc2a\ud83d\udc2b\ud83c\udf08. Huge opportunity and a rigorous audition process. Terrific work from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EjcManagement?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EjcManagement<\/a> and she only has to last two shows to go one better than me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dancingonice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dancingonice<\/a> \ud83d\udd7a\ud83d\ude48 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fvs5eUxZiZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Fvs5eUxZiZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Chapman (@MCYeeehaaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MCYeeehaaa\/status\/1847955354836971975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Simon Cowell Was Part Owner Of 2005 Epsom Derby Winner Motivator\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Cowell is also no stranger to the world of horse racing &#8211; having been part-owner of the 2005 Epsom Derby winner Motivator.<\/p>\n<p>Trained by Michael Bell, the 3 year-old colt romped away with the Derby that year under jockey Johnny Murtagh &#8211; winning by five lengths.<\/p>\n<p>The horse was owned by the Royal Ascot Racing Club &#8211; of his Simon Cowell was a member.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cowell also famously owned another horse with Ant and Dec called &#8220;It&#8217;s a Yes From Me&#8221;. Buying the thoroughbred for a reported \u00a335,000 back in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>However, unfortunately the horse didn&#8217;t have much &#8216;talent&#8217; and never won a race from his six career runs &#8211; and not winning a single penny in prize money.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Watch: Motivator Winning The 2005 Derby\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"Motivator - The 2005 Epsom Derby\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FulS4d_PUWE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor racecourse was rolling out the red carpet on Monday night as talent show mogul Simon Cowell was at the royal track for a night out and when collared by Sky Racing&#8217;s Matt Chapman he had some kind words for the marmite presenter. 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