Charles sells Queen Elizabeth’s horses. And he intends to turn the stables into a museum. A news that caused a lot of controversy in Great Britain because the sovereign who died on the 8th of September particularly loved those animals and rode until advancing age prevented her from doing so. “King Charles sold fourteen racehorses, a third of his mother’s inheritance, at the Tattersalls fair in Newmarket, Suffolk,” writes the Daily Mail.
“He made a million pounds from it, he gained an average of 76,821 pounds per horse. He also sold Just Fine, his first horse to win a £300,000 race. While the very young Tack was put at just four thousand pounds. He also sold Love Affairs, who was the last champion to bring a trophy to Elizabeth two days before her death.” A source close to the Royal Sandringham Stud has revealed the Royal House’s intention to reduce racehorse breeding and turn the entire area where the stables are now located into a museum within three years. A Buckingham Palace source confirmed that Charles will reduce the number of horses, but added: “The desire is to continue the traditions and ties to competitions at Ascot, but not on the same scale as Her Majesty the Queen’s passion.”
Elizabeth II inherited Royal Stud from her father, George VI, and the Sandringham Breeding Center has produced a large number of winning thoroughbreds over time. But the late monarch subsidized the high costs of running the hobby on her private stock exchange, as the business did not always turn a profit. 2021 was the Queen’s best season, with 36 winners winning £590,000 in prize money. British newspapers estimate that he won around £10 million in prize money over his lifetime. Racehorse breeding began with just two trainers and twenty animals in the 1950s. Elizabeth continued to discuss “her love of horses to the very end”, according to trusted advisor John Warren. But the new sovereign would aim to cut off the “unprofitable” branches of the Royal House’s numerous activities.
Source: IL Tempo
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