Horse sense: Queen makes friends with champion racehorses on visit to Somerset

The Queen fed carrots to racehorses at the stables of champion trainer Paul Nicholls during a visit to Somerset.

She travelled on the Royal train to Castle Cary station. Her first engagement was at Manor Farm Stables in Ditcheat, where she met Mr Nicholls and six of his National Hunt horses.

After her visit to the stables, the Queen visited King’s Bruton, a co-educational school founded in 1519, to mark 500 years of the school. Later, she was due to name a police horse during the visit.

Speaking after the visit, Mr Nicholls described the occasion as “amazing”.