King Charles III is selling 14 racehorses which were passed down to him for his late mother The Queen.
Tattersalls spokesman, Jimmy George, said that the sale was “nothing out of the ordinary”, and also that it did not mean the end of the royal household’s connection with racing.
King Charles III is selling 14 racehorses which were passed down to him for his late mother The Queen.
(IMAGE: Getty)The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale is the largest sale of its kind in the world. The auction includes around 1500 horses throughout the week.
The horses that will be sold include Love Affairs, who was trained by Clive Cox from Lambourn, in Berkshire, which was the Queen’s last winner at Goodwood two days before her death.
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Spokesman Jimmy George said: “It’s nothing out of the ordinary. Every year they would sell horses”.
“The Queen had brood mares of her own, she would breed them and sell them. You can’t keep them all.”
“Every year owners sell stock. His Majesty is just doing what owners do,” he added.
The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale is the largest sale of its kind in the world. The auction includes around 1500 horses throughout the week.
(IMAGE: Getty)It was known that The Queen had a passion for horses and riding and it is believed this started with her first riding lesson when she was young.
The Queen then went on to bread and race horses for 60 years.
Thoroughbreds owned by the late monarch have won four out of the five flat racing classics. Including the 1,000 Guineas; 2,000 Guineas; the Oaks and St Leger.
The late Queen’s racing manager John Warren, from the Highclere Stud in Hampshire, previously stated that horses were a “tremendous getaway” from other duties and her support had been a major boost for British racing.
It was known that The Queen had a passion for horses and riding and it is believed this started with her first riding lesson when she was young.
(IMAGE: Getty)“I’m sure if The Queen had not been bred into being a monarch she would have found a vocation with horses. It was just simply in her DNA,” he said.
John Warren also says that King Charles does not share the same passion for racehorses which The Queen did.
“He has always followed it, but it has been his mother’s interest so it has been at arm’s length,” he stated.
