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The rich heritage of Royal Ascot has been around for 300 years and this racecourse is now the established national institution of British horseracing.

The racecourse at Ascot began in 1711 when Queen Anne out riding near Windsor found a piece of open land suitable for horses to gallop on.

The first meeting was held on the 11th August in 1711 and the first event was her “Majesty’s Plate. This was worth a 100 guineas and open to horses over the age of six. Seven runners took part.

Unfortunately there is no record of the horse that won this momentus race but it would have had extreme stamina as the heats were four miles long (about the length of the Grand National Race Course). The horses running were English Hunters, very different to the fast thoroughbreds we see today.

Three centuries later the Queen Anne Stakes continues to run in memory of the monarch who started the famous Ascot.

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