Queen’s Ascot Gold Cup win a royal first
Britain’s bookmakers were left reeling on Th later Estimate became the kickoff imperial winner of the Ascot Gold Cup, giving The Queen her kickoff Group 1 victory inwards Europe since Dunfermline captured the 1977 St Leger.
The four-year-old was the dependent area of a colossal adventure together with had been freely available at 7/1 on the morning time of the race precisely a corking of world back upwards throughout the 24-hour interval forced her odds downwards to 7/2 yesteryear the fourth dimension the champaign prepared to tackle the gruelling two-and-a-half mile trip.
The Queen had enjoyed 21 other Royal Ascot swinners inwards a catamenia roofing sixty years, precisely the Gold Cup is a unique race, 1 whose standing belies its prize coin – swap the cash for a plate of local sausages together with you lot would even together with then attract the best stayers. And it clearly meant a huge sum to the caput of state, for spell decorum invariably limits Her Majesty to fiddling to a greater extent than than a one-half smile, Estimate’s success saw her interruption into beaming happiness, giving media snappers a golden mine of photographic opportunities that are lapped upwards yesteryear paper editors.
‘One’ is a subject amongst headline writers reflecting the momentous triumph, witness ‘One’s won! The Queen makes Ascot history’, which was the Daily Mail’s front-page take, spell inwards similar vein the Daily Express lauded ‘One’s won! Queen’s historic Ascot victory’. The Guardian offered ‘One’s won – Queen triumphs at Ascot’ together with the Daily Mirror kept it snappy with ‘One’s won!’, spell The Daily Telegraph together with The Times played downwards the headlines together with let photos of the laughing Queen to enjoin its ain story.
‘We’re all smiles’ is the Racing Post’s catch nether a sub-head that states ‘A golden minute inwards racing history’. The same paper’s spread on pages 2 together with iii exclaims ‘Send her victorious’ higher upwards a photograph of The Queen stroking her filly’s head.
Throw inwards the fact that it was ladies’ 24-hour interval together with newspapers were ever probable to give enough of coverage to scenes from around the racecourse. The Queen’s triumph has in all probability upped the ante. The Daily Mirror devoted a colourful spread on pages 2 together with iii depicting numerous racegoers with a shot of the monarch. Its headline, ‘Purple reign’ reflects Her Majesty’s pick of dress.
The Independent stood solitary inwards shunning the storey inwards its tidings pages, precisely led its racing coverage with the headline ‘Glory for Queen – together with King of Ascot’. The ‘King’ refers to the belatedly Sir Henry Cecil, whose absence – or mayhap it was presence – was felt when Riposte won the Ribblesdale Stakes for his widow, Lady Jane.
Many writers ponder Her Majesty’s usage inwards together with importance to racing, although the Racing Post’s Alastair Down quantifies it yesteryear saying, ‘I would hesitate to propose she confers respectability on the game – some of us are beyond fifty-fifty her assist on that front.’
John Warren, The Queen’s racing together with bloodstock advisor, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme next the win.
He said: “It was tremendous, absolutely wonderful.
“To win a Gold Cup was marvellous – the excitement was for all to see. It was a tremendous moment, specially at the terminate of 2 together with a one-half miles.
“The anticipation was built upwards due to the fact that a journalist discovered that no reigning monarch had won the Gold Cup. That rather built the tension up.
“It pose excitement into the build-up. Although Estimate started favourite, nosotros didn’t actually scream upwards she could shell the colts yesterday. So it was a tremendous surgical operation yesteryear her to exercise so.
“It (racing together with breeding) has been her life-long passion. It is such a long journeying involved – going through all the hoops from deciding the mating to a alive foal beingness born together with to having the Equus caballus trained together with then beautifully. Then in that place are the soil conditions, judging the distance (to race over) together with many other aspects.
“When it ends upwards with a resultant similar this, it is effectively the terminate of an amazing journey. It could non live understated the depth of noesis that The Queen has together with interest. Thankfully, it is a wonderful issue for her to live able to conduct keep an option affair to scream upwards about. It is her tremendous passion. It is wonderful for British racing that The Queen embraces it wholeheartedly.
“So it was a wonderful 24-hour interval for British racing. We exercise conduct keep the best stallions inwards the globe together with the best racing inwards the world. Owners from all over the globe come upwards together with participate which nosotros are all together with then grateful for.”
Ladbrokes reported that they were happy to celebrate the success despite beingness ‘hammered for a fortune’ yesteryear the victory of the Queen’s Equus caballus inwards the characteristic race of Ladies’ Day.
The firm’s David Williams reckons that Estimate’s victory cost the bookmaking manufacture millions precisely hopes it volition trigger a moving ridge of racing goodwill that volition assist pay for the losses.
“Racing has a priceless might to throw upwards some dream results together with we’re happy to bring together inwards the celebrations,” said Williams.
“Sure, nosotros lost a bundle on the race precisely the 24-hour interval volition larn downwards inwards history together with to a greater extent than than pay for itself inwards upbeat coverage over the days, weeks together with months to come.
“Sometimes nosotros quest to hold off beyond the residual canvass together with scream upwards nigh the marketing potential. Estimate’s win could live the best tidings for racing – together with betting – inwards a really long time.”
Betfred spokesman Andrew Griffiths echoed these sentiments: “A victory for Her Majesty inwards the Gold Cup is the resultant nosotros were dreading. Estimate has taken us to the cleaners precisely you lot won’t listen us moaning nigh 1 of the most pop winners inwards the history of Royal Ascot.”
William Hill’s Kate Miller opined: ”This was a truthful patriotic punt on the Queen’s runner Estimate together with her victory has handed us a stinging £1.5million payout. Her Majesty is flight the flag for British bettors today!”
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