Pastimes
HORSEMANSHIP
Her Majesty takes a keen and highly knowledgeable interest in horses. She
attends the Derby at Epsom, one of the classic flat races in Britain, and the
Summer Race Meeting at Ascot, which has been a Royal occasion since 1911. As an
owner and breeder of thoroughbreds, she often visits other race meetings to
watch her horses run, and also frequently attends equestrian events. In 1984,
1986 and 1991 Her Majesty made brief private visits to the United States to see
stallion stations and stud farms in Kentucky.