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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[@martinafitzgerald6995]

Simply the best, I love to replay these races , Geordiland was a fair horse too !

[@stevemcmillan2213]

I was a press photographer that day and got covered in his snot out on the course, after the race as he walked past the stands lol. He just showered me. A real honour to see him up close. I still have the suit.

[@aidanjoyce3248]

What a champion.

[@NC-ck5oj]

The way he pulled away and powered home in the third win was amazing. He looked in big trouble 3 furlongs from home but in reality he was just getting going

[@jamesbaker6834]

Probably the best gold cup winner I ever seen plus he did it 4 times

[@potatoncarrots]

Brilliant stayer

[@RudolphFurtado]

A once in a lifetime racehorse and lucky to witness the achievements of "YEATS".

[@azkz8159]

This is some horse power 🐎

[@hughchambers7069]

The great YEATS good video

[@JOYRACING497]

amazing

[@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097]

Wow greatest horse of all time

[@tikva3065]

great race horse!

[@davidwharehinga2679]

Undoubtedbly The Greatest Royal Ascot Gold Cup Winner With Four In A Row ( Yeats ) . Stradivarius With Three Royal Ascot Gold Cups !!!

[@kenmorley2339]

He was great but Trelawney and Brown Jack were famous too .

[@richardlefaive1944]

I wonder how Sec might have done at this type of lengthier distance on turf?

[@goonervillegonad3662]

May have won a class five on bottomless ground at Hamilton, I reckon.

[@martinafitzgerald6995]

Ah stop lad, he would have been pulled up...hopefully

[@brucerobbins6528]

I'm not sure Sec ever ran on turf. But how about the Grand National, 4 and a half miles jumping over 30 hedges? Of course, these horses are geldings, and can race at 8 or 9 or 10 years old. The courses are different also. Not oval, like in the states, with uphills and downhills.

[@2CalaLilly]

@@brucerobbins6528 For the record, Secretariat easily won two races on turf, the Man o' War Stakes and the Canadian International. Both were G1 races against the best turf horses in North America at the time.

[@brucerobbins6528]

@@2CalaLilly Oval tracks, short races. Ho hum. Sec was a great horse, no quallel from me. The best ever? Give me a break!!

[@shane-irish]

🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@MrSmid888]

Terrible ride on Geordieland in the last , Yeats just kept on finding

[@peterkemp1973]

Yet, he ran a poor race in the Melbourne Cup - couldn't carry the weight. He may have had a statue built at Ascot for him and he ran like one in the great race.

[@kevinthecarrot1448]

Can we all agree that European horse racing commentary leaves a lot to be desired compared to US and Aus race calling. It's lifeless. From production to race commentary. All 4 of those races felt dead

[@rosslad333]

Conors Pass Jerry Hannon is good, the irish commentator

[@m.l.b.2908]

Horses for courses, I guess. If I'm watching US racing I mute it because I don't particularly like it. Australasian commentry is what I'm accustomed to so preference comes down more to individuals. For these 4 races, there is very little in any of them that happens before final moves. There aren't a lot of mid-race moves. None of the leaders streak away to a 15L lead. I don't want 2.5 miles of contrived excitement under those circumstances especially. I don't like it in any race because it's incongruent, so I definitely don't want just under 4.5 minutes of it. But that's just me.

[@davidmarcer7313]

^...and thats you told 😉..🤣🤣

[@Q...A]

Conors Pass Obviously all don't agree

[@someoneinyourchatfromdubli7258]

@@rosslad333 some boyo alright