Relko Easily Won Derby Stakes
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EPSOM DOWNS (Surrey) May 29
The French colt Relko. starting 5 to 1 favourite, won the 184th Derby Stakes this afternoon, outclassing the field of 25 opponents. Ridden by the ace French jockey. Yves Saint-Martin. Relko became the sixth French! horse since the war to win the I blue riband of the British turf. The bay colt, always among the first half-dozen, took the! lead after swinging round Tat-1 tenham Corner, winning easily > by six lengths. The English colt Merchant; Venturer (18/1) was second and | tlie Irish coit Ragusa (25 1) was: further away third. Huliabaloon was left and took I no part As they swung round Tattenham comer with four furlongs to run. Iron Peg held a narrow lead from Tarqogan. Tarqogan, from Ireland, shot to the front on reaching the straight and held his lead until about two furlongs out where they reached the rising ground. The French favourite, beautifully handled by Saint-Martin, then'went into the lead and it was all over.
Merchant Venturer, owned by • Sir Foster Robinson, and ridden Iby Greville Starkey, had no i difficulty in taking second place 1 There was a great battle for ■bird place; which went to John Mullion's Irish colt Ragusa I which, with his strong run. just I caught the tiring Tarqogan iifourth at 100/1), just in front |of Happy Omen and Corpora. I the other French challenger. Relko's winning time was
2min 39 2-ssec. well outside Mahmoud's record of 1936 which is 2min 33 4-ssec. The going was perfect. Result
ENGLISH DERBY STAKES. £41,210; IJm. Weight 9-0; three-year-old colts. RELKO M. F. Dupre's b c by Tanerto—Reiance 111 9-0 Y. Saint-Martin 1 MERCHANT ADVENTURER, Sir F. Robinson’s ch c by Hornbeam—Martinhoe 9-0 G. Starkev 2 RAGUSA J. R. Mullion's b c by Ribot—Fantan II 9-0 G. Bourgoure 3 ■ Twenty-six ran. Six lengths: three lengths. Time 2.39 2-5. The winner s share of the ; stake was £33.338 10s. with £39Bi for second and £lB9O 10s | for third.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30145, 31 May 1963, Page 5
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