The monarch’s love for the equine world is something she shared with her mother
More than any other interest, horses and ponies have been the Queen’s passion throughout her long life.
Derby day this year will see the Queen and her family in the royal box at the Epsom Downs Racecourse as part of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, with her horse Reach For The Moon among the favourites for the international event. She has also notched up more than 20 winners at Royal Ascot – one of the premier events of the racing season.
Her first reported riding lesson took place in the private riding school at Buckingham Palace Mews in January 1930, when she was still only three years old. Her first winner as Queen came just a few months later when Choir Boy passed the winning post ahead of the field to claim the Wilburton Handicap at Newmarket that May.
The monarch takes a keen interest in their breeding and training and is respected for her knowledge of the equine world.
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