A touch of royalty about Good Queen Bess
Mary Slack has landed something of a coup with De Kock’s filly
20 May 2021 - 14:33
When it came to sport, former President Nelson Mandela took a keen interest in boxing, rugby and soccer. He was not a racing fan, but he would probably have given the seal of approval for a racehorse to be named Good Queen Bess.
The reason? Well, it might have reminded him of Queen Elizabeth 2 with whom he struck up a special rapport. Indeed, Mandela was perhaps the only person to address the British monarch by her Christian name...
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