Royal Ascot Meeting Day #4. Report: United Kingdom, Friday, June 20, 2014: Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, England: Race 5 (5:00 pm BST) £85,000 Guaranteed 165th running QUEENS VASE (ENG 3yo C1 Listed) 2 miles turf, right-handed (good-firm) 10 ran (3:24.73) slow by 2.73 secs (neck, 1¾L, 1¼L, 6L) First: SP: 7/2 #05. HARTNELL (GB) 3yo (19 Apr 2011) b. c, by Authorized (IRE) x Debonnaire (GB), by Anabaa (USA) • Mark Johnston • His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum • Joe Fanning (129 lbs) Gate: 2. Race History: The event was established in 1838, and its original trophy was a gold vase donated by Queen Victoria. The race was initially confined to horses aged three, but it was opened to older horses in 1840. Its title was changed to the Kings Vase in 1903, and it was given its current name in 1960. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Queens Vase held Group 3 status. It was relegated to Listed class in 1986, and it was restricted to three-year-olds in 1987. It returned to Group 3 level in 1991 and was downgraded to Listed status again in 2014. The Queens Vase is now contested on the fourth day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. It is one of three perpetual trophies at the meeting, along with the Royal Hunt Cup and the Gold Cup, which can be kept permanently by the winning owners. The 2013 running was renamed the Queens Vase In Memory of Sir Henry Cecil in memory of Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil who died on 11th June 2013. Sir Henry had trained the winners of more races than anyone at the Royal meeting (75), included eight winners of the Queens Vase. ______________ ❤ ______________
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