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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Greg Wood

Talking Horses: Haskoy can emulate Queen’s famous winner in St Leger

Haskoy and Ryan Moore (right) coming home to win at York last month.
Haskoy and Ryan Moore (right) coming home to win at York last month. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Racing resumes at Doncaster on Sunday following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday with a meeting and a race that was close to the late monarch’s heart throughout her reign.

She paid her first visit to Town Moor on Leger day in 1952, just a few months after inheriting the royal silks and bloodstock following the death of her father, George VI, to see Gay Time finish unplaced in the Classic behind Tulyar, that year’s Derby winner.

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