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 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - For a few exciting moments, Queen Elizabeth II was just like every other racing fan Saturday at Churchill Downs — watching the horses running in the 133rd Kentucky Derby.
The queen, an avid horse enthusiast, got her first look Saturday at Churchill Downs, a racing icon best known for its twin spires and hospitality on Derby Day when mint juleps flow and fancy hats are in fashion.
The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived a little more than two hours before the Derby, the first leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. They went immediately to a private suite where the queen had a finish-line vantage point on a balcony to watch Street Sense pull away with the win.
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