The Cheltenham Festival is known as being one of the biggest horse racing events in the horse racing calendar and is only second to the Grand National in race prize money in the United Kingdom. The festival hosts several Grade I races, which happen to be some of the most prestigious in horse racing. The Grade I races include the Champion Hurdle, the Stayers’ Hurdle, the Queen Mother’s Champions Chase and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The highlight of the week is considered to be the Gold Cup, which also happens to be the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain. The…

From USA Today It keeps getting better for Queen Elizabeth II: Her horse won an historic Gold Cup race at Ascot today, the first time in the two centuries of the race it has been won by a reigning monarch. The horse-loving queen, widely respected as an expert on horse breeding and racing, appeared to be delighted as she accepted the Gold Cup after her horse, Estimate, romped to victory at Royal Ascot, the annual five-day horse-racing extravaganza that brings out brightly-plumed royals and toffs alongside ordinary punters. “One has won!” exclaimed the cheeky Daily Mail headline. The BBC, ever…