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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 23

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EPSOM CLASSIC WINNERS

(From "The Post's"; RepresSntative.)

■-'.■'- LONDON, July 12. "Ithuriel,". of the- "Sporting Life," records that both, the; Derby, winner and the ' Oaks, winner descend from the unbeaten .Eclipse, himself the sire of three Derby winners in, 1781, 1783, and 1784. Two families are Concerned in tile male descent. I -

Windsor Lad, in his male line, is by Blandford,- 1919, by Swynford, 1907 (St. Leger), by John b' Gaunt, 1901 (2nd Derby), by Isinglass, 1890 (Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, St. Leger), by Isonomy, 1875 (Ascot Cup), by-Sterling, 1868 (2nd Two Thousand Guineas), by Oxford, 1875, by Birdcatcher, 1833 (2nd St. Leger), by Sir Hercules, 1826 (3rd St. Leger) by Whalebone, 1807 (Derby), by Waxy, 1790 (Derby), by Pot-8-os, • 1773, by Eclipse, 17C4.

Light Brocade, in her male line, ig by Galloper Light, 1916 (Grand" Prix), by Sunstar, 1908 (Derby, Two Thousand Guineas), by Stmdridge, 1808, by Amphion, 1886, by Rosebery, 1872, by Speculum, 1805 (3rd Derby), by Vedette, 1854 (Two Thousand Guineas), by Voltigeur, 1847 (Derby, St.' Leger), by Voltaire, 1826 (2nd St. Leger), by Blacklock, 1814, by Whitelock, 1803, by Hambletonian, 1792 (St. Leger), by King Fergus, 1775, by Eeirpse, 1764.

Eclipse's son Pot-8-os, who was racing before the Derby- was founded, sired three winners of that classic.