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Zara and Mia attended day 2 of the April meeting at the Cheltenham race course today, April 20:
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It is certainly the Queen Mary genes.Never really noticed it either, but indeed in several of the photos there definitely is a very good likeness (i always think of it as the 'Queen Mary genes', here features to me are very visible in several of her ancestors)
I always half-jokingly say 'no one looks like Bertie' but perhaps I was looking in the wrong chromosome pool.
I also think there's a super-strong resemblance between his sister Mary when young and Zara.
Wow. I’d never noticed the resemblance, but I sure see it now!
I like Zara, it would be great if she qualified for the Olympics in France next year and it very much looks as if she is serious about doing that with the number of events she's involved in right now. 42 isn't what it used to be in relation to competing in sports, she is slim, fit and very experienced so she has every chance but even I would say that this will probably be her last hurrah. By all accounts she blew winning gold at the last Olympics but even to qualify as an Olympian is huge and to win Silver is incredible. Good luck Zara!
Equestrian sports aren’t like other sports- Zara’s age is not even a little bit of a factor and there’s no reason this would be her last if she doesn’t want it to be. Many riders compete in their fifties and even sixties.
I also have never read any accounts in equestrian media insinuating that Zara “blew” winning gold at London.