20-06-2013, 17:40
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Re: Horse Racing
Golden success for the Queen.
http://www.attheraces.com/article.as...=&sub=&day=Thu
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Estimate raised the roof at Royal Ascot by providing the Queen with victory in the Gold Cup.
Trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore, the four-year-old filly become the first horse owned by a reigning monarch to win the two-and-a-half-mile showpiece.
The 7-2 favourite was challenged strongly inside the final furlong by Simenon and French raider Top Trip, but Estimate stuck her neck out gamely for a famous success.
Estimate won at the meeting last year in the Queen's Vase, returning to action this season with victory in the Sagaro Stakes, after which she was promoted towards the head of the Gold Cup market.
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