The late Queen Elizabeth II won the French Oaks in 1974 with Highclere and French racing paid their respects with a minute’s silence at Longchamp
PARIS: The late Queen Elizabeth II’s French and knowledge of racing was impeccable whilst she was blessed with “a typical British sense of humour”, the former head of French racing Louis Romanet told AFP on Sunday.
Racing was the sport Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who died on Thursday aged 96, was most closely associated with.
French racing paid homage to her by holding a minute’s silence prior to the Group One Prix Vermeille — one of three trials on Sunday for their flagship race the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe — at Longchamp.
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