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Pick Six: The six top Royal Ascot traditions.(Sports)
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Byline: Nick Godfrey
Pick6
Pageantry and tradition are part and parcel of Royal Ascot. Nicholas Godfrey unearths the origins of some of the meeting's features
A PRECISE origin for Royal Ascot is impossible to isolate, since the meeting has evolved over time.
The Berkshire track's first
four-day fixture took place in 1768, but perhaps Royal Ascot as we know it today began to take shape with the inauguration of the Gold Cup, its oldest-surviving contest, in 1807.
However, what is now the most famous racecourse in the world was always `royal' - it had been ...
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Venetia up for the Cup; Rodney Masters talks to the trainer going for Gold at Royal Ascot with Stretarez.(Sports)
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