MOST FAMOUS ROYAL ASCOT HORSE? YEATS: FOUR GOLD CUP WINS

Has there ever been a better stayer than the Aidan O'Brien-trained Yeats or perhaps a better Royal Ascot horse than Yeats?

Yeats (Sadler's Wells) won the Ascot Gold Cup four times in a row, including the 2006 Ascot Gold Cup, 2007 Ascot Gold Cup, 2008 Ascot Gold Cup and 2009 Ascot Gold Cup.

Yeats struck up a great bond with jockey Johnny Murtagh, however he was also ridden by other stars of the saddle; Seamie Heffernan, Kieren Fallon, Jamie Spencer and Mick Kinane.

A supremely talented stayer, Yeats conquered seven Group 1 races, with feature race wins in the Ascot Gold Cup (four times), Goodwood Cup, Coronation Cup, Irish St. Leger, Prix Royal-Oak, Vintage Crop Stakes &S Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial.

He won at Ascot Racecourse, Goodwood, The Curragh, Paris-Longchamp, Leopardstown (Ireland), Epsom and Navan.

Name a finer staying racehorse than Yeats...

Here are a few to get you thinking:
Makybe Diva
Deep Impact
Kitasan Black
Sagaro
Peter Pan
Double Trigger
Phar Lap
Stradivarius
Vinnie Roe
Vazirabad
Might And Power
Seabiscuit
Carbine
Mejiro McQueen
Persian Punch
Ardross

Other famous Royal Ascot Group 1 races:
King's Stand Stakes
Diamond Jubilee Stakes
Prince Of Wales's Stakes
St James's Palace Stakes
Coronation Stakes
Commonwealth Cup
Queen Anne Stakes

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