Queen's Horse Tests Positive For Morphine

Queen's horse fails drug test, feed supply investigated

Massive embarrasment for the Queen and her racehorse trainer Sir Michael Stoute today as one of her prize steeds - the  2013 Ascot Gold Cup winning filly Estimate - tested positive for morphine in random tests conducted by Britain's horseracing authorities.
Keen-witted royalists wil remember that this was the win that caused the Queen to break into an uncharacteristic show of emotion, laughing and slapping her knees as it romped home.
The shock news will cast an unfortunate pall over a day which was otherwise to be notable for the birthday celebrations for Prince George, which were taking place at Kensington Palace today.
The horse was one of five animals to be found to have morphine in its blood in recent tests, but it seems unlikely that this story will develop into a full-blown royal doping scandal.

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