The Queen has always loved horses and still rides to this day. Here, she can be seen riding with President Reagan in 1982.

By Equestrian Life

Australians may consider the Queen’s birthday to be in June — but this is just an official date set in Britain when the weather is better! The Queen’s actual birthday was last Friday, and she celebrated it by spending a day at the races.

The day was marked by an official celebration in London that saw a troop of the Royal Horse Artillery ride horse-and-gun carriages past Buckingham Palace before staging a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park at noon.

However, the Queen spent the day at Newbury Racecourse — nice and close to her Windsor Castle home. The Queen, who owns and breeds thoroughbred racehorses, watched one of her own run: Maths Prize, who finished fifth.

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