LONDRA – La regina Elisabetta inaugura il Royal Ascot, l’appuntamento ippico più prestigioso e ‘glamour’ d’Inghilterra, e spera quest’anno di fare il ‘bis’ dopo la vittoria di un suo cavallo alla scorsa edizione. Il suo Estimate aveva tagliato per primo il traguardo in una competizione valida per la Gold Cup, facendo così esultare la sovrana che aveva mostrato una gioia incontenibile.
Elisabetta coltiva da tempo una grande passione per i cavalli, continua ad allevarli e ad avere una propria scuderia, oltre a concedersi un’ora di trotto ogni giorno nonostante gli 88 anni. Royal Ascot, oltre ad essere un appuntamento clou per l’ippica, è anche un evento glamour in cui si alternano cappellini stravaganti (vedi foto) e fiumi di champagne. Nei giorni di gara si scommetterà su tutto: perfino sul colore che la regina sceglierà per il suo cappello.
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Linzi Weare , foreground, and friends pose for a photograph, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Royal Ascot is the annual five day horse race meeting attended daily by Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Former German tennis player Steffi Graf talks to the media on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Graf, the 22 times tennis grand slam winner, will present the winners trophy for the King's Stand Stakes race .(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A race goer wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Royal Ascot is the annual five day horse race meeting attended daily by Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
A race goer wears a butterfly design ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Royal Ascot is the annual five day horse race meeting attended daily by Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Ester Dohnalova poses for a photograph, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Royal Ascot is the annual five day horse race meeting attended daily by Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Milnda Strudwick wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Royal Ascot the annual five day horse race meeting that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends every day was started in 1711 under Queen Anne, with the first four day meeting starting in 1768. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Milnda Strudwick wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Royal Ascot the annual five day horse race meeting that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends every day was started in 1711 under Queen Anne, with the first four day meeting starting in 1768. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Milnda Strudwick wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Royal Ascot the annual five day horse race meeting that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends every day was started in 1711 under Queen Anne, with the first four day meeting starting in 1768. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Former German tennis player Steffi Graf talks to the media on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Graf, the 22 times tennis grand slam winner, will present the winners trophy for the King's Stand Stakes race .(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Racegoers arrive on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June, 17, 2014. Royal Ascot the annual five day horse race meeting that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends every day was started in 1711 under Queen Anne, with the first four day meeting starting in 1768. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Ester Dohnalova poses for a photograph, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Royal Ascot is the annual five day horse race meeting attended daily by Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Linzi Weare , foreground, and friends pose for a photograph, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, at Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Royal Ascot is the annual five day horse race meeting attended daily by Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
