Duchess Catherine
The Duchess of Cambridge is to have a horse race named in her honour.
Pregnant Catherine - the wife of Britain's Prince William - has given her consent for Newmarket flat race track to host the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes on July 12, around the same time she is due to give birth.
Riders will compete for an £80,000 prize in the race, which was previously known as the Cherry Hinton Stakes which lasts for six furlongs and is for two-year-old fillies.
The Duchess of Cornwall Stakes will run as part of the Piper-Heidsieck July Festival, which runs from July 11 to July 13, and follows the Princess of Wales' Stakes, which is staged on the first day and named after William's late mother Princess Diana.
Julian Richmond-Watson, the Newmarket Racecourses' chairman, said: "We are honoured the Duchess of Cambridge has graciously consented to lend her name to this prestigious race. It is a great thrill for us to have a second royal race at our July Festival and such is the popularity of the Duchess of Cambridge, I am sure that it will be a much-welcomed addition."
The 31-year-old royal follows her husband William, 30, and father-in-law Prince Charles, 64, who have races named after them at Royal Ascot - the Duke of Cambridge Stakes and Prince of Wales' Stakes respectively.
Catherine - known as Kate Middleton before she married into the British Royal Family - is due to give birth mid-July and after a handful of engagements she will start her maternity leave next week.
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