--- title: Queen Elizabeth at the Horse Show Photos Are a Delight description: Queen Elizabeth II did everything right at this horse show and the photos are proof. canonical: https://time.com/5271758/queen-elizabeth-horses-photos/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-09T21:04:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:18.807Z og:title: Queen Elizabeth Is Out Here Living Her Best Life at a Horse Show og:description: She really knocked this competitive horse event out of the park og:url: https://time.com/5271758/queen-elizabeth-horses-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta70504db585e4edf/69892ff7096a9470a66a25ba/gettyimages-957045888.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Royal Windsor Horse Show 2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Queen Elizabeth Is Out Here Living Her Best Life at a Horse Show twitter:description: She really knocked this competitive horse event out of the park twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta70504db585e4edf/69892ff7096a9470a66a25ba/gettyimages-957045888.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Queen Elizabeth Is Out Here Living Her Best Life at a Horse Show by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 9, 2018 9:04 PM UTC  Queen Elizabeth watches the Royal Windsor Horse Show on May 9, 2018\. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth watches the Royal Windsor Horse Show on May 9, 2018\. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesMax Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 9, 2018 9:04 PM UTC [Queen Elizabeth II](http://time.com/4770626/queen-elizabeth-driving-photo/) took in a horse show Wednesday, and every photo of her experience is a treasure. The 92-year-old full-time monarch and part-time [meme machine](http://time.com/5249561/prince-charles-call-queen-mummy/) attended the Royal Windsor Horse Show on the Windsor Castle grounds, close to where [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tie the knot](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) on a fun little Saturday soon, May 19. Suffice it to say, this isn’t Queen Elizabeth’s first rodeo (or horse show). Queen Elizabeth has been on deck for the annual equestrian event since the 1940s. At the horse show, Queen Elizabeth did everything including, but in no way limited to: She watched her horse “Sparkler” (top notch name) compete in the Flat Ridden Sport Horse class, and all the ponies pleased her very much. She wore a cardigan the color of robin’s eggs and a tweed skirt because it was a casual day. She smiled brightly, she concentrated intensely, and generally acted like a Queen, which [thrills observers](https://www.elle.com/culture/a20636000/queen-elizabeth-royal-windsor-horse-show/) to no end. Her stud groom – she has a stud groom – brought her some outerwear. Thankfully, photographers were there to capture it all to inspire your life choices. Long live the Queen.  The Queen of England watched the Royal Windsor Horse Show on May 9, 2018\. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images  The stud groom with the assist. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Max Mumby/Indigo—Getty Images  The Queen consults her wristpiece during the event. 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