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shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain's defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the i...

Jockeys and trainers from across racing reflect on her loyal care and love for retired race horses

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Up in the box and she's cheering like mad, and she just -- she's got that passion about it and just loveatize, and you can see that. that's not put on. that's from here. >> i'll tell you a story i've never told before. there's a famous photograph of myself and the queen. she said to me, willy, i've just been inducted into the hall of fame for the third year. she says the medal is so heavy. the medal is so heavy. she says have you ever been inducted into the hall of fame. no, ma'am, you have to be old and deft to get into that. >> carson was referring to the ultimate accolade in racing, being i...

When she has a winner, providing a brief glimpse into the character that wears the crown. >> the queen's entry is right up with the leaders. >> reporter: more than half a million people were there to witness the queen's first ever runner in the epsom derby in 1953, just four days after her coronation. her horse placed second that day, a feat she's yet to surpass. with the exception of the epsom derby she's bred and owned winners of every major race on british soil, more than 1,000. this won't be her year at epsom either, though, as none of her horses made the cut. ex-jockey willy carson rode s...