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How Queen Elizabeth II made horseracing the sport of queens

The death of Queen Elizabeth II marks the end of one of horseracing's most accomplished chapters.

A life-long lover of equines, the Queen oversaw one of the sport's most famous stables, inheriting it from her father when she ascended to the throne.

Before famous studs like Godolphin and Coolmore began to dominate the world, it was the Royal Stud that was the juggernaut of racing.

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