THE RACE OF THE YEAR "THE MEMORIAL OF KING ALEXANDER I"

Belgrade, 22 August 2005. – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended yesterday the “Memorial of King Alexander I”, the race of the year at the Belgrade racecourse.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II awarded a cup to the owner of the head Ce Gile, the winner of the gallop race, which carries the name of his celebrated grandfather King Alexander Karadjordjevic, and which has been reestablished as a traditional manifestation of the racecourse “Careva Cuprija“, to delight of the fans of gallop races.

The gallop race the “Memorial of King Alexander I” is our counterpart to the “Arc de Triomphe” at Longchamps in Paris and “The Race of King George and Queen Elisabeth” in Epsom.