There were nearly 69,000 people at Ascot yesterday to witness YEATS making history by being the only horse to win the ASCOT GOLD CUP for the 4th successive year. What an impressive run. I had to halt my colouring temporarily while I watched him thundering home. He won by 3 lengths and was the 6-4 favourite.
TV commentators were calling this race the "Bookie Basher" as they had watched punters putting small fortunes on this horse. Trainer Aidan O`Brien said afterwards that he had never ever felt so much pressure, but Johnny Murtagh, who rode him to victory said "He loves fast ground, he loves Ascot, he`ll be ready" and ready he was. He was given a standing ovation by the adoring Ascot crowd and her majesty The Queen, looking splendid in white and turquoise, came down into the winners enclosure specially , to greet him. (The Queen hasn`t missed a Royal Ascot meeting for 45 years)
"History" was also made yesterday with the opening of the first racecourse in Wales for 83 years, at Ffos Las (pronouced Force Lass). Sceptics had said it was crazy to build a racecourse on an open-cast mine in a depressed and remote community, but last night 10,000 punters attended, a sell-out crowd for the opening night and they weren`t disappointed, A.P.Mcoy having a hat-trick of winners.
As a footnote, It was pointed out, by the fashion gurus at Ascot, that a lady with a very short skirt had been "moved on" as she was in The Queen`s eyeline, considered inappropriate. Coincidentally our local high school (husby`s school) has just issued a "trousers for girls" policy due to the girls wearing their skirts far too short. This resulted in the girls setting up a protest,on Tuesday,which was duly reported in our local paper.
5.30pm and husb has just come home from school informing me the short-skirt-strike-protest has made it into the national tabloids:- Daily Star, Sun, Daily Mail.... under the headline "mini minxes".
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