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The Queen has made £7.6million horse racing fortune – but Grand National frustrates her

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Queen Elizabeth is still yet to breed a Grand National winner despite amassing a huge winnings total from other races through the decades.

Horses have played a huge role in the monarch's life – she learned to ride as a toddler after receiving a Shetland pony named Peggy as a gift from her father, King George VI.

When he died in 1952, and she became ruler in his place, she also inherited his breeding stables.She also took on a racing stock, and has had tremendous success through the decades since.

Horses owned and bred by the Queen's stables have racked up more than 1,600 race victories across all classes, helping her to amass a huge winnings total of £7.6m.Her favourite event is undoubtedly Royal Ascot, having attended the meet almost without fail during every single year of her long reign.

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