Hats off for Estimate in Queen’s Vase

Estimate sparked Royal celebrations at Ascot yesterday when Michael Stoute’s filly appropriately won the Queen’s Vase.

Hats off for Estimate in Queen’s Vase
Sat, 23 Jun, 2012 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

Two days after Carlton House was just denied by So You Think in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Queen Elizabeth returned to the sacred Royal winner’s enclosure for the first time since Free Agent claimed the Chesham Stakes in 2008.

Stoute said: “It’s a great thing (to have a Royal Ascot winner for the Queen).

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