Queen Elizabeth owed ‘one of most enjoyable moments in racing’ to the Aga Khan An 80th birthday present to the late Queen Elizabeth II enabled the monarch to enjoy one of her most memorable days in racing.
Warren ranked the day of Estimate’s Gold Cup triumph one of the late Queen’s “most enjoyable” on a racecourse and is in no doubt as to the contribution the Aga Khan made to the thoroughbred breed as a whole, carefully nurturing his foundation families over the years.
Her brother, Rahim Al-Hussaini, was named the new Aga Khan on Wednesday evening as he was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims, in his father’s will.
“Her Majesty remarked how amazing he was, along with his scientific approach to breeding and rearing stock and, of course, Estimate’s success in the Gold Cup gave the Queen one of her most enjoyable day’s racing.
“Three days before the late Queen died, we sat and watched the video of the 100 years celebration of the Aga Khan Studs.
