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	Betting on King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes
		The 2007 "King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes" starts in July at the Ascot Racecourse.
		As usual, we have found the best betting odds on the winner of the 2007 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
		Authorized, jockey the famous Dettori, won the Epsom Downs this year, and is the favorite to win this year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
	www.bettingonsports.co.uk /news/King-George-Queen-Elizabeth-Stakes.html (142 words)

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		The time, though more than two seconds quicker than that taken by Young Mick in the good handicap the previous afternoon, was over three seconds slower than the 3yo Linas Selection achieved in the King George V at the royal meeting.
		And while it climaxed in as good a finish as we've seen in the race in years, it does not look outstanding form by King George standards.
		HURRICANE RUN was maybe in front too soon when he was nailed close home at Saint-Cloud, but there was no danger of that here as he looked in real trouble on the home turn, where he was being pushed along vigorously in fourth and seemingly flat out.
	adrianmasseyresults.briancoplin.co.uk /410515.html (889 words)

	YouTube - 1970 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes
		It should not be forgotten that the horse had contracted ringworm following the King George, and though he won the St. Leger, many good judges (inclunding Piggott & O'Brien) said that he wasn't quite the same horse after that.
		King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (Group1)
		2001 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond -- Galileo
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=NmO6WttLCqQ (570 words)

	King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes History and Previous Winners
		The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at Ascot Racecourse in July.
		The 'Festival of Britain' was removed from the name in 1952 and the race continued until 1974 as the 'King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes'.
		Since 1972 it has been sponsored by the diamond company De Beers, and in 1975 permission was given by Queen Elizabeth II for the word 'Diamond' to be included in the title.
	www.napit.co.uk /viewus/infobank/horse_races/g1_flat_races_uk/queen_elizabeth_diamond_stakes.php (184 words)

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		The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot is a relatively new event in the racing calendar, having been first run in 1951.
		Queen Elizabeth II secured the contest named in honour of her parents when Aureole triumphed in the heavy ground that prevailed in 1954, while Vimy, trained in France by Alec Head, became the first overseas winner in 1955.
		The 2005 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes was run at Newbury, as regular home Ascot was undergoing redevelopment, and saw Azamour, trained in Ireland by John Oxx, score on his first try at a mile and a half with a last-to-first victory under Mick Kinane.
	www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus53.asp (1432 words)

	Ascot Racecourse - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saturday is De Beers Diamond Day, the sparkling jewel in Ascotâs summer season and one of the highlights in the international sporting and social calendar.
		The feature race, the Â£650,000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is the centrepiece of the afternoon, the top rated race in UK and the only British leg of the World Racing Championships.
		The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is the third leg of the 2005 World Racing Championships.
	www.ascot.co.uk /racinf/news_popup2.php?id=216 (414 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1989)
		His only subsequent race as a two-year-old was the Autumn Stakes at Ascot in October, then classed as a Listed race.
		The next logical race for Nashwan was the all-aged middle distance showpiece of the summer, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Nashwan (572 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2006)
		His victories included the prestigious Irish Derby Stakes at the Curragh and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris.
		He returned to action on July 29, ridden by Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon, to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot Racecourse.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Hurricane_Run (412 words)

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		Doyen attempts to win a second successive King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes when he lines up for the 2005 renewal of the great Group One race over 12 furlongs on Saturday, July 23.
		Doyen captured the Hardwicke Stakes last season by six lengths in record time before his impressive victory over American raider Hard Buck in the 2004 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
		In addition to Doyen's victory last year, Godolphin was also successful in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes with Daylami (1999), Swain (1998 and 1997) and Lammtarra (1995).
	www.godolphin.com /News/2005/July/arch2628.asp (488 words)

	King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes - Biocrawler
		King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes
		The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for three year old and above horses run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2414 m) at Ascot Racecourse during July.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/King_George_VI_%26_Queen_Elizabeth_Diamond_Stakes (78 words)

	O'Brien tests water \| News \| Horse Racing \| Sport \| Telegraph
		King's County, who finished second in the National Stakes at The Curragh and also the Grand Criterium at Longchamp, should have a simple task when facing only three rivals in a minor contest at Cork.
		The Fairy King colt has reportedly made progress during the winter, although nobody is going to retire on any winnings today - he is expected to go off at around 1-10.
		The mare, one of only two dual winners of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot, and also a winner at the top level in America, was put down "due to the infirmities of old age." She has been buried in Kentucky.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/04/15/shhots16.xml (629 words)

	ESPN.com - Horse Racing - Galileo rules Europe with King George victory
		The race, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond stakes, hyped as the "Race of the Year" in Europe and maybe the world, actually lived up to all the expectations.
		A son of the Coolmore stallion Sadler's Wells, who was second in the 1984 King George, Galileo gave the Irish-based stallion his 47th career Group or Grade I winner -- a world record for a sire.
		Galileo's King George victory and wins in the English and Irish Derbys put him in select company with such European superstars as Generous (1991) and Nijinsky (1970).
	espn.go.com /horse/wce/2001/0725/1230928.html (942 words)

	BBC - Berkshire - Sport - Diamond Weekend at Newbury
		The centrepiece of this racing weekend is the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
		The centrepiece of the weekend is the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, the mid season middle distance championship of Europe, on De Beers Diamond Day (Saturday 23rd July).
		The centrepiece of the weekend is the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, on De Beers Diamond Day, Saturday 23 July.
	www.bbc.co.uk /berkshire/content/articles/2005/07/13/diamond_day_at_newbury_races_event_feature.shtml (427 words)

	Royal Ascot: Light's dazzling display \| Royal Ascot \| Horse Racing \| Sport \| Telegraph
		FANTASTIC LIGHT might not have compensated Godolphin for the tragic loss of Dubai Millennium, but the blazing turn of foot he displayed to win yesterday's Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot suggests he is the stable's most feasible successor to the ill-fated champion at international level.
		Queen's Logic looked a filly for the future when taking the Queen Mary Stakes to give Mick Channon another taste of Royal Ascot success, while Fallon drove Cover Up home to win the Ascot Stakes, the same race in which he sustained horrific injuries last year and spent months on the sidelines.
		Already the winner of the Ascot Stakes and the Queen Alexandra Stakes, this fine stayer is a confident choice to complete an unusual Royal Ascot hat-trick.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/06/20/shasco21.xml (589 words)

	BBC SPORT \| OTHER SPORTS \| King and Queen for a day
		Irish jockey Michael Kinane is due to be reunited with Montjeu as the pair prepare to take on the field at Ascot in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes on Saturday.
		King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes runners
		The going at Ascot is said to be good to firm for Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/other_sports/852561.stm (526 words)

	Aga Khan Studs - NEWS - In the Press - 27.2.2007
		The worry before this year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes was whether Azamour would stay the distance of a mile and a half...
		Sparkling King George winner Azamour is set for a mouth-watering clash with Derby hero Motivator as both are heading for the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown...
		Shawanda staked her claim for Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe glory by trouncing her rivals by 5L in the Group I Darley Irish Oaks at The Curragh on Sunday...
	www.agakhanstuds.com /news/press.asp?tri=view (794 words)

	Ascot Racecourse - News
		Hurricane Storms In Hurricane Run, officially rated the best horse in the world in 2005, further enhanced his reputation with a battling display to land the Â£750,000 Group One King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes by half a length from Electrocutionist.
		An epic finish to the 2006 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes saw Hurricane Run prevail after a late challenge under Christophe Soumillon to score by half a length from Electrocutionist.
		There was a sting in the tail for jockey Christophe Soumillon following his big-race victory aboard Hurricane Run in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes when he picked up a six-day suspension.
	www.ascot.co.uk /racinf/news_popup3.php?id=142 (1012 words)

	Breeding: G1 Races
		The midsummer highlight of the flat season in Britain, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes is run over a mile-and-a-half.
		With the calibre of the fields consistently attracted it is hard to pick out notable runnings of the ‘King George’, but Brigadier Gerard’s 1972 win, Dancing Brave’s revenge on his Derby conqueror Shahrastani in 1986, and the straight-long battles of Grundy and Bustino (1975), and Galileo and Fantastic Light (2001) were special.
		The brainchild of Sir John Crocker Bulteel, the Clerk of the Course at Ascot, the King George was first run in 1951, when it attracted its largest ever field of 19 runners.
	www.britishhorseracing.com /owning_breeding/breeding/g1/raceInfo.asp?group1Key=76&type=history (296 words)

	Sport \| North Light heads King George entries
		Derby winner North Light and Oaks first Ouija Board are among the 57 entries for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on July 24.
		Tuesday's Queen Anne Stakes winner Refuse To Bend is among 12 entries from Godolphin which also includes Sulamani.
		Her preparations for the King George is going as planned.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4949464-108367,00.html (277 words)

	United Press International - NewsTrack - Sports - UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
		David Junior, upset winner of the Champion Stakes at Newmarket in his last start last October, kicked off his 4-year-old campaign with a bang by winning Saturday's $5 million Dubai Duty Free by a comfortable 3 1/2 lengths over The Tin Man. Seihali was third.
		King's Drama rated off the pace in Saturday's $200,000 San Luis Rey Handicap, got the lead three-wide on the stretch turn and worked clear to win by 1 length over T.H. Approval.
		King's Drama, a 6-year-old, Irish-bred son of King's Theatre, ran 1 1/2 mile in 2:36.50 with Jon Court in the irons for trainer Bobby Frankel.
	www.upi.com /NewsTrack/Sports/2006/03/27/upi_thoroughbred_racing_roundup/6994 (2790 words)

	Nijinksy - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1970
		Ascot is without doubt the showcase of British horse racing this right handed flat and national hunt course is home to some of horse racings finest moments, but none more so than Nijinksy's victory in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth diamond Stakes on 25 July 1970.
		He won the Gladness stakes at the Curragh, from there he went to Newmarket and captured the 2000 guineas with ease, moved on to Epsom for the Derby and won that by two and a half lengths, moved back to Ireland and took the Irish Derby.
		All this was building him up for the greatest test the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes.
	www.onlinebookmakers.me.uk /sportspages/nijinksy-ascot.html (463 words)

	Ascot Racecourse - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After his impressive win in the Prince of Walesâs Stakes here at the Royal Meeting, Nayef came mighty close to landing the second leg at Sandown only to find one opponent too tough in the shape of the 2002 Japan Cup hero Falbrav.
		Nayef would have been the winner of the Middle Distance Championship last season, with 19 points courtesy of his win in the Juddmonte International, second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and fourth here at the Royal Meeting in the Prince of Walesâs Stakes.
		All four set to go head to head in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday 26th July.
	www.ascot.co.uk /racinf/news_popup.php?id=436 (304 words)

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		The victory at the weekend in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Sarotoga in the United States has reaffirmed the three year old Point Given as favourite for the Breeders Cup Classic to be run on 27th October.
		Galileo, this season's outstanding racehorse, has, as expected, been entered in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes to be run at Ascot on September 29.
		They flocked in their thousands to Ascot hoping to witness something special, a Diamond Day record crowd of 38,000 looking for a fleeting moment of excellence that would be seared into the soul.
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		Leopardstown's Champion Stakes may be one of the newer Group One events staged in Europe, but few of its counterparts have produced such consistently exciting finishes or can boast a more distinguished roll of honour.
		Opera House, winner of the Coral-Eclipse, Coronation Cup and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, was understandably a warm order for the 1993 running of what was now the Guinness Champion Stakes, but the John Gosden-trained Muhtarram put in a career best effort to claim the spoils.
		Swain, winner of two King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, crowned a glorious career for Godolphin in 1998 when scoring under Frankie Dettori by a length from Alborada.
	www.godolphin.com /big_race_focus5.asp (964 words)

	Azamour Cruises to Newbury Course Record \| bloodhorse.com
		Azamour charged past all 11 rivals in the final straight for a stunning victory in the star-studded King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (Eng-I) on Saturday.
		Doyen, last year's winner of the King George, led at the start but was headed by Gamut after a furlong.
		Queen Elizabeth II presented the Aga Khan, who won the race with Alamshar two years ago, with the trophy.
	racing.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=29179 (556 words)

	Racing: Phoenix Reach back for King George Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		They intend a more exotic trip at the end of the season, but the chances are that the same horse will still be insisting on their attention.
		Only one three-year-old contested the race last year, and once again the King George seems unlikely to match its heritage as the race to measure different generations.
		King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (Newbury, 23 July).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050711/ai_n14721201 (697 words)

	Confidence grows behind Nayef \| News \| Horse Racing \| Sport \| Telegraph
		After watching Nayef work in splendid style yesterday in preparation for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, Marcus Tregoning explained why he believes his stable star can go one better following the narrow defeat by Golan in the same race 12 months ago.
		Although the Hamdan Al Maktoum-owned colt is now five, he has grown an inch since last year and that physical development has resulted in the son of Gulch becoming stronger and quicker.
		Following his decisive success at the Royal meeting, Nayef lost out to Falbrav in controversial circumstances in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown where the Godolphin pacemaker, Narrative, caused interference at a crucial stage.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/07/23/shevan23.xml (465 words)

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