Racing was uniquely honoured by the Queen during her 70-year reign.

Here we take a look at the big-race Queen winners as well as some facts and figures.

First winner: MONAVEEN at Fontwell Park, October 10, 1949.

Champion owner: 1954, 1957.

Big winners:

MONAVEEN Queen Elizabeth Chase at Hurst Park, 1949.

STREAM OF LIGHT Lancashire Oaks at Manchester, July 1952.

CHOIR BOY Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot, June 1953.

AUREOLE Coronation Cup at Epsom, June 1954; King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, June 1954.

LANDAU Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, July 1954.

ALEXANDER Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot, June 1956.

ATLAS Doncaster Cup at Doncaster, September 1956.

CARROZZA Oaks at Epsom, June 1957.

ALMERIA Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1957; Yorkshire Oaks at York, August 1957; Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster, September 1957.

PALL MALL New Stakes at Royal Ascot, 1957; 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, May 1958.

RESTORATION King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1958.

AGREEMENT Doncaster Cup at Doncaster, September 1958; Chester Cup at Chester, May 1959; Doncaster Cup at Doncaster, September 1959.

ABOVE SUSPICION St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1959.

PINDARI King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1959; Great Voltigeur Stakes at York, August 1959.

IMPUDENT Oaks Trial at Lingfield, May 1961.

AIMING HIGH Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1961.

AMICABLE Oaks Trial at Lingfield, May 1963.

GOLD AURA Great Metropolitan Handicap at Epsom, April 1964; Goodwood Stakes at Goodwood, July 1965.

APPRENTICE Yorkshire Cup at York, May 1965; Goodwood Cup at Goodwood, July 1965.

CANISBAY Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, July 1965.

GAULOIS Goodwood Cup at Goodwood, July 1966.

CASTLE YARD Zetland Gold Cup at Redcar, May 1968.

HOPEFUL VENTURE Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1968.

MAGNA CARTA Ascot Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1970; Doncaster Cup at Doncaster, September 1970.

EXAMPLE Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster, September 1971.

HIGHCLERE 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, May 1974.

DUNFERMLINE Oaks at Epsom, June 1977; St Leger at Doncaster, September 1977.

MILFORD Lingfield Derby Trial at Lingfield, May 1979.

BUTTRESS Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot, June 1979.

EXPANSIVE Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 1979.

CHURCH PARADE Lanson Champagne Stakes at Goodwood, July 1980.

DEADLY SERIOUS Galtres Stakes at York, August 1980.

HEIGHT OF FASHION Fillies’ Mile at Ascot, September 1981; Princess of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket, July 1982.

SANS BLAGUE Galtres Stakes at York, August 1982.

ELUSIVE Acomb Stakes at York, August 1983.

UNKNOWN QUANTITY Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy at Sandown, July 7, 1989; Arlington Handicap at Arlington, August 12, 1989.

COLOUR SERGEANT Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot, June 17, 1992.

SHARP PROD Moet & Chandonrennan at Baden-Baden, September 4, 1992; Holsten Trophy at Hamburg, July 2, 1994.

ENHARMONIC Diomed Stakes at Epsom, June 2, 1993; Premio Gobierno Vasco at San Sebastian, August 8, 1993

PHANTOM GOLD Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 22, 1995; Perpetual St Simon Stakes at Newbury, October 21, 1995.

WHITECHAPEL Tote Autumn Cup at Newbury, September 16, 1995.

BLUEPRINT Duke of Edinburgh Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 16, 1999.

BANKNOTE Badener Meile at Baden-Baden, May 13, 2007.

MEDLEY Sceptre Stakes at Doncaster, September 13, 2007.

FREE AGENT Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 21, 2008.

GOLDEN STREAM October Stakes at Ascot on September 26, 2009.

CARLTON HOUSE Totesport Dante Stakes at York, May 12, 2011; Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown, May 31, 2012.

ESTIMATE Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot, June 22, 2012; Sagaro Stakes at Ascot, May 13, 2013; Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, June 20, 2013; Doncaster Cup at Doncaster, September 12, 2014.

RECORDER Acomb Stakes at York, August 19, 2015.

DARTMOUTH John Porter Stakes at Newbury, April 16, 2016; Ormonde Stakes at Chester, May 6, 2016; Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, June 18, 2016; Yorkshire Cup at York, May 19, 2017.

FABRICATE Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor, August 26, 2017; Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor, August 25, 2018.

CALL TO MIND Belmont Gold Cup Invitation at Belmont Park, June 8, 2018.

TACTICAL July Stakes at Newmarket, July 9, 2020.

LIGHT REFRAIN Summer Stakes at York, July 9, 2021.

REACH FOR THE MOON Solario Stakes at Sandown, August 21, 2021.

KING’S LYNN Temple Stakes at Haydock, May 21, 2022.

Facts and figures of the Queen in racing

Racing colours: Purple, gold braid, scarlet sleeves, black velvet cap, gold fringe.

First runner: Astrakhan, trained by Willie Smyth, ridden by Tommy Burn, finished second at Ascot, October 7, 1949.

First winner: Monaveen, trained by Peter Cazalet, ridden by Tony Grantham, owned jointly with her mother, won at Fontwell Park, October 10, 1949.

First big-race winner: Monaveen, Queen Elizabeth Chase, Hurst Park, 1949.

First winner on the Flat: Astrakhan, Hurst Park, April 15, 1950.

First winner as Queen: Choir Boy, trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, ridden by Harry Carr, Newmarket, May 13 1952.

#DYK The Queen’s racing colours are Purple body with gold braid, Scarlet sleeves and Black velvet cap with gold fringe.

Most of Her Majesty’s thoroughbreds are foaled at the Royal Stud in Sandringham. pic.twitter.com/3olLVlLjTK

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 28, 2019

First Royal Ascot winner: Choir Boy (1953 Royal Hunt Cup). Gold Cup winner: Estimate (2013).

First treble: Pall Mall, Atlas and Might And Main, Haydock Park, May 17 1957.

First Classic winner: Carrozza, trained by Noel Murless, ridden by Lester Piggott (1957 Oaks).

Other Classic winners: Pall Mall, trained by Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, ridden by Doug Smith (1958 2000 Guineas); Highclere, trained by Dick Hern, ridden by Joe Mercer (1974 1000 Guineas, Prix de Diane); Dunfermline, trained by Dick Hern, ridden by Willie Carson (1977 Jubilee Oaks, 1977 Jubilee St Leger).

Best Derby placing: Aureole – 2nd 1953.

Champion owner (money won): 1954 and 1957.

Most wins in a season: 36 winners 2021.

Last runner: Improvise, second in the Quick Ride By Quickslide Handicap at Epsom on September 8

Last winner: Love Affairs, in the William Hill Scratch Of The Day Fillies’ Nursery Handicap at Goodwood on September 6