Queen visits Kildare stud farm on Ireland visit

Queen ‘at home’ with horseracing folk and thoroughbreds at the Irish national stud outside Dublin The Queen was back among those with whom she has the greatest affinity this morning: horseracing folk and thoroughbreds at the Irish national stud at Kildare, on the Curragh outside Dublin. After two days of formal state visits and hugely appreciated gestures of reconciliation, culminating in her speech at the state banquet last night, the Queen gave every sign of relishing engaging with horseflesh instead. She was warmly applauded by staff and guests at the stud — though some of the horses seemed more skittish. The Queen has a string of about 20 horses in training, some of whom have been reared in Ireland and her horse Carlton House is a favourite for this year’s Derby — the only classic race she has failed to win. Simon Coveney, the Irish agriculture minister, accompanying the visit said: “I

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