On a lovely sunny day at Musselburgh Her Majesty The Queen watched three of her horses run on the East Lothian track from The Queen’s Stand.
The Royal standard was raised just as she arrived at the course.
There was a band provided by The Royal Regiment of Scotland and an exhibition harness racing event and both Her Majesty and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh appeared to have an enjoyable day before leaving just before 4 o’clock.
Racegoers were hoping for a Royal winner to mark the special occasion and the Queen’s horse in the feature race was well backed at 6/5 favourite but came in a valiant third, half a length behind winner Livella Fella.
The Queen presented the specially commissioned The Musselburgh Bi-Centenary Cup to Kevin Dalgleish, brother of the winning trainer Carluke-based Keith Dalgleish, and winning jockey Phillip Makin.
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