Royal Ascot 



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an Academy for riding, and giving plates to be raced 

 for in various parts of the kingdom. He ran his own 

 horses at Newmarket between 1695 and 1702, and made 

 a match there against the Duke of Somerset for 2000 

 guineas. His Barbs — white, black, and grey, the latter 

 presented to Mr. Hutton, and known as Hutton's Grey 



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GODOLPHIN ARABIAN 



Barb — added not a little towards the English breed of 

 horses. 



Queen Anne and her Consort, Prince George of 

 Denmark, were staunch patrons of Newmarket and racing 

 generall)-. They not only ran their own horses, but gave 

 also Gold Cups and Royal Plates to be raced for. 



About this time, Barbs and other Eastern horses were 



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