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Racing colours: Purple, gold braid, scarlet sleeves, black velvet cap, gold fringe.

First runner: Astrakhan, trained by Willie Smyth, ridden by Tommy Burn, finished second at Ascot, October 7, 1949.

First winner: Monaveen, trained by Peter Cazalet, ridden by Tony Grantham, owned jointly with her mother, won at Fontwell Park, October 10, 1949.

First big-race winner: Monaveen, Queen Elizabeth Chase, Hurst Park, 1949.

First winner on the Flat: Astrakhan, Hurst Park, April 15, 1950.

First winner as Queen: Choir Boy, trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, ridden by Harry Carr, Newmarket, May 13 1952.

First Royal Ascot winner: Choir Boy (1953 Royal Hunt Cup). Gold Cup winner: Estimate (2013).

First treble: Pall Mall, Atlas and Might And Main, Haydock Park, May 17 1957.

First Classic winner Carrozza, trained by Noel Murless, ridden by Lester Piggott (1957 Oaks).

Other Classic winners: Pall Mall, trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, ridden by Doug Smith (1958 2000 Guineas); Highclere, trained by Dick Hern, ridden by Joe Mercer (1974 1000 Guineas, Prix de Diane); Dunfermline, trained by Dick Hern, ridden by Willie Carson (1977 Jubilee Oaks, 1977 Jubilee St Leger).

Best Derby placing: Aureole – 2nd 1953.

Champion owner (money won): 1954 and 1957.

Most wins in a season: 36 winners 2021.

Last runner: Improvise, second in the Quick Ride By Quickslide Handicap at Epsom on September 8

Last winner: Love Affairs, in the William Hill Scratch Of The Day Fillies' Nursery Handicap at Goodwood on September 6