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Langtry owned a stud at Gazely, Newmarket. This venture was not a success. After a few years, she gave up attempts to breed blood-stock.<ref>{{cite book|last=Langtry|first=Lillie|title=The Days I Knew|year=2000|publisher=Panoply Publications|page=Chapter 18 ("The Races")}}</ref> Langtry sold Regal Lodge and all her horse-racing interests in 1919 before she moved to [[Monaco]]. Regal Lodge had been her home for twenty-three years and received many celebrated guests, notably the Prince of Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kentford Village History|url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kentford22/walk_through.htm|publisher=A Forest Heath District Council (Suffolk) Project|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
 
In honour of her contributions to thoroughbred racing, since 2014 the Glorious [[Goodwood Racecourse|Goodwood]] meeting holdshas held the [[Group races|Group 3]] [[Lillie Langtry Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2018 European Programme of Black Type Races|url=https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/european-pattern-committee-announces-changes-2018-european-programme-black-type-races/|website=British Horseracing Authority|accessdate=12 March 2018}}</ref>
=== Honours ===
 
In honour of her contributions to thoroughbred racing, since 2014 the Glorious [[Goodwood Racecourse|Goodwood]] meeting holds the Group 3 [[Lillie Langtry Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2018 European Programme of Black Type Races|url=https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/european-pattern-committee-announces-changes-2018-european-programme-black-type-races/|website=British Horseracing Authority|accessdate=12 March 2018}}</ref>
 
==William Gladstone==