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Article: Carnegie steeled for victory
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 16, 1995
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IN AN increasingly competitive leisure market, going racing can
offer anything from the opportunity to exercise the grey cells to
falling about on a bouncy castle. For a jolly day out with the
kids, Yarmouth and Ayr today are the places to be, but those who
lean towards a cerebral challenge or revel in the sight of
top-class thoroughbreds should head for Ascot on Saturday.
The clash between the cream of Europe's middle-distance horses
in the pounds 460,000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond
Stakes at the Berkshire course will show the sport at its best. The
race, inaugurated in 1951, is the summer's premier all-age
12-furlong contest, featuring the first meeting over the trip of
the ...