Burmese (horse)

Burmese (horse)

Burmese, a black mare born in 1962, was given to Queen Elizabeth II by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and ridden by Her Majesty for Trooping the Colour for eighteen consecutive years from 1969 to 1986.

Burmese was bred at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Stud at Regina, Saskatchewan. She was trained in Ottawa and in 1969 was presented to the Queen when members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came to the UK to perform in the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

The Queen was mounted on Burmese when six blank shots were fired during the 1981 birthday parade, on the way to Trooping the Colour. [cite news
title = 1981: Queen shot at by youth
work = On This Day
publisher = BBC News
date = 1981-06-13
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/13/newsid_2512000/2512333.stm
accessdate = 2006-11-13] Although the horse was startled, the Queen was able to bring her under control.

Burmese's last public appearance was at Trooping the Colour in 1986, after which she retired. She was not replaced, as the Queen decided to ride in a phaeton (carriage) and review the troops from a dais, rather than train a new charger. [ [http://www.army.mod.uk/ceremonialandheritage/household/trooping.htm "Trooping the Colour (The Queen's Birthday Parade)"] The British Army official website]

Burmese was put out to pasture at Windsor Palace park, where she died in 1990. The Queen unveiled a bronze statue in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina, Canada, in 2005, where she is depicted atop Burmese.

ee also

* Statue of Queen Elizabeth II riding Burmese
* Monarchy in Saskatchewan
* Trooping the Colour

References

External links

* [http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/history/burmese_e.htm RCMP Website]


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