Queen Camilla made a visit to Ascot Racecourse today to present the trophy to the connections of Calandagan, winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.<\/p>\n
Outside of Royal Ascot, the King George VI is the racecourse\u2019s most prestigious race days, with The Queen choosing to be in attendance to watch the top class sporting action.<\/p>\n
Calandagan, the French challenger, claimed a thrilling victory in the 75th running of the Group One race. Despite coming under challenge from Kalapana \u2013 who surged to a two\u2011length lead \u2013 Calandagan, ridden by Micka\u00ebl Barzalona and trained by Francis\u2011Henri Graffard, produced a powerful late thrust to win by a length. The horse started as the 11\u201310 favourite and delivered on expectations, securing a second consecutive King George Stakes for this French based yard.<\/p>\n
Following the race, Queen Camilla appeared in the Winners\u2019 Enclosure to present the trophy to the team behind Calandagan.<\/p>\n
Ascot Racecourse has been intertwined with the British monarchy for over three centuries. The course was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 and has hosted royal attendance ever since.<\/p>\n
Ascot\u2019s Royal Enclosure and ceremonial traditions remain central to the spectacle of Royal Ascot, of which Queen Camilla and King Charles III have been regular fixtures \u2013 even amid personal health challenges the past couple of years.<\/p>\n
In recent decades, senior royals outside the immediate royal family have seldom attended high-profile races at Ascot outside Royal Ascot week. Queen Camilla\u2019s attendance today stands out. It reinforces not only her support for such occasions but also the broader royal tradition of involvement in British horseracing.<\/p>\n
Her Majesty\u2019s presentation of the trophy after Calandagan\u2019s victory in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes served as a potent reminder of the constitutional and ceremonial links between the Crown and Britain\u2019s national sporting institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla made a visit to Ascot Racecourse today to present the trophy to the connections of Calandagan,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-294692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114922617788060914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}