Summary: The duo land the Group 2
Lillie Langtry Stakes and the Unibet Stewards' Cup respectively at Glorious Goodwood
The actress
Lillie Langtry, another of the King's lovers, also has a mile-and-threequarter race named after her, staged since 2003 on the fifth and final day.
GOODWOOD'S Qatar
Lillie Langtry Stakes has been identified as the next likely port of call for Dramatic Queen after her near miss in the Lancashire Oaks at Haydock on Saturday.
1853:
Lillie Langtry, British actress and mistress of Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales, was born in Jersey.
True, the one after the recent
Lillie Langtry at Goodwood was a total waste of everybody's time with no proper interference taking place but it still made for fascinating telly.
ON THIS DAY 1853:
Lillie Langtry, British actress and mistress of Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales, was born in Jersey.
1929: Actress
Lillie Langtry, an intimate friend of Edward VII, died.
Wild Coco looked class when winning the
Lillie Langtry at Goodwood and the Park Hill at Doncaster, but has not been seen in action since.
She won on her only two starts last season in the
Lillie Langtry at Goodwood and the Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster.
Among those profiled are actresses (e.g., Sarah Bernhardt); others associated with the theatre (puppeteer Nina Simonovich-Efmova, playwright/Abbey Theatre co-founder Bernadette Sweeney); dancers (Loie Fuller); artists (Kathe Kollwitz); composer (Armande de Polignac; a "professional beauty" (
Lillie Langtry); and a Nashville finishing school educator (Pauline Sherwood Townsend).
1853:
Lillie Langtry, actress and mistress of Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales, was born in Jersey.
Lillie Langtry - British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)