Fame And Glory wins Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
June 16, 2011ASCOT, England (AP) - Fame And Glory has won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, giving trainer Aidan O'Brien his fifth victory in the prestigious race.
The 5-year-old horse ridden by Jamie Spencer was the 11-8 favorite in Thursday's 2 1/2-mile Gold Cup, and won by three lengths over Opinion Poll. Brigantin was third.
Fame And Glory's stablemate Yeats won the Gold Cup four consecutive times for O'Brien between 2006 and 2009.
Queen Elizabeth II, who unveiled a statute of Yeats at Ascot on Tuesday, presented the Gold Cup to O'Brien.