The Queen watches two of her young horses run at Newbury Racecourse's Spring Trials meeting
The Queen with jockey Richard HughesIn bright Spring sunshine, Her Majesty the Queen was at Newbury Racecourse on Friday (April 17) to watch two of her horses in the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials meeting - the famous course's first flat meeting of the season. And she saw them both placed in their races.
Her Majesty, who celebrates her 89th birthday this coming Tuesday, saw Richard Hughes ride her two year-old filly Ring of Truth into second place in the Al Basti Equiworld EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes.
Ring of Truth is with Marlborough trainer Richard Hannon - as the racecard put it, this "Trainer's newcomers command respect." The filly's first outing won the Queen £1,925 in prize money.
The race was won by Harvard Man trained by Brian Meehan at Manton and ridden by Italian jockey Antonio Fresu, who is racing in Britain this season.
Later in the afternoon, the Queen's Capel Path was brought home in third place by Ryan Moore in the Dubai Duty Free Full of Surprises Handicap Stakes.
Capel Path, a three year-old bay colt trained at Newmarket by Sir Michael Stoute, won a maiden race at the end of the last flat season at Newcastle.
The Queen went from the Grandstand to see her horses being saddled and watched them in the ring.
She was wearing a 'vibrant' magenta coat and matching hat. Though some people in the crowd thought it was cerise. And a man who described the colour as 'puce' was sternly put in his place - puce is not, he was told, a Royal colour.
 |  The Queen with her racing adviser, John Warren |  Richard Hughes in the Royal silks |