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When were children allowed at Ascot Racecourse? |
Travel Info I'm from Western Australia and my nanna wanted to find out about the first day that children were allowed in at Ascot Racecourse, as she was there and her and her mother were on the front of the newspaper. She said it would have been either late 50's or early 60's. If anyone knows the year or the date, please let me know. Travel Tips you could try to contact the WA Turf Club http://www.waturf.org.au/ they might be able to help you! Others Your nanna might recall whether it was one of these races that she might have attended as a child: "The Queen's involvement with racing stretches back to before she came to the throne in 1952, with her first winner, jointly owned with her mother, coming in a National Hunt race with Monaveen at Fontwell in 1949. On the death of her father, The Queen inherited the Royal string of Flat racehorses, which at the time were mainly trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort and Noel Murless in Newmarket and it did not take long for her first great horse to come along. Her first visit was at 19 years old in May 1945 less than two weeks after VE Day when Ascot staged its first fixture after the end of the Second World War in Europe, she has attended every year since. Aureole, by the great Hyperion, was second to Pinza in the 1953 Derby and although a slightly moody character, he must rank as one of the Queen's best horses with victories in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot to his name. Aureole would also go on to be champion sire in the British Isles in 1960 and 1961. The Queen's first Royal Ascot success came when Choir Boy landed the 1953 Royal Hunt Cup and he was one of the owner's 11 successes at the meeting during the 1950's. Other notable victories included the 1957 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Almeria, who went on to finish second in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, and Pall Mall who took in the 1957 New Stakes en route to victory in the 1958 2,000 Guineas and a successful career as a stallion. This level of success at the highest class enabled The Queen to head the list of leading owners in Britain in both 1954 and 1957, when she enjoyed a fantastic season with a total of 30 winners. The 1960's were a somewhat quieter time for the Royal thoroughbreds, although Aiming High landed the 1961 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot when ridden by Lester Piggott and Hopeful Venture won the 1968 Hardwicke Stakes." http://www.ascot.co.uk/aboasc/aboasc_his... |
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