Indian Queen was an Irish-bred

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 racehorse in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her sire was Electric and dam Taj Princess (Taj Dewan), and she was bred by Sir Gordon Brunton

Gordon Brunton

Sir Gordon Charles Brunton KBE is an English businessman, publisher and racehorse owner/breeder.- Early life :Educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey and studied under Harold Laski at the London School of Economics...

 at North Munstead Stud.

A Bay filly

Filly

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, Indian Queen earned a reputation for winning over long distances. Trained by the then Royal trainer William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon, at West Ilsley

West Ilsley

West Ilsley is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England.-Location and amenities:It is situated in the West Berkshire district north of the town of Newbury on the Berkshire Downs. There is also an East Ilsley approximately a mile southeast of the village.West Ilsley has a public house, The...

 in Berkshire

Berkshire

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, she was the winner of a number of Group class races

Conditions races

Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...

 including a dead heat

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 with Braashee in the Prix Royal-Oak

Prix Royal-Oak

The Prix Royal-Oak is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 3,100 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October.-History:The event was established in 1861, and it was initially...

 at Longchamp

Hippodrome de Longchamp

The Longchamp Racecourse is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes in the Bois de Boulogne at Paris, France. Built on the banks of the Seine River, it is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced tracks and a famous hill that provides a real...

 in 1990, and gained outright victory, as a rank outsider at 25-1, in the 1991 Ascot Gold Cup

Ascot Gold Cup

The Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June....

 whilst in foal to Night Shift

Night Shift

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. On both occasions she was ridden by Walter Swinburn

Walter Swinburn

Walter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford...

. She beat Arzanni ridden by Frankie Dettori

Frankie Dettori

Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.. He has had many successes in his role of stable jockey to Godolphin Racing...

in a thrilling finish to claim her Gold Cup triumph. Indian Queen was retired following her Gold Cup win.