PICKETS AT EPSOM

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33858, 2 June 1975, Page 11

PICKETS AT EPSOM

, Stable lads > seek support )! (N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) ' 3 LONDON. 3. Fears of a disruption of the Derby have grown since striking: . stable iads have summoned the ( I, aid of Yorkshire miners and 1 1 London dockers to their cause. '.< The stable lads have sent teleI! grams to the miners and dock- 1 tiers —as well as Norfolk firemen’ ‘i —asking them to join picket lines ’

! i at Epsom Downs course on Wedjjnesday for the world’s most fam‘lous horse race. ’I The 110 lads, who have been: ;! on strike for a month over a; 'iwage claim, want to halt the-' ! '5274,600 classic without violence]; by preventing horses from reach-;, ing the course. ! Tins non-violent move follows;, (unprecedented scenes at New- , ( market last month, when stable!, 'lads fought with punters and 11 ' pulled jockeys off horses. ,i ■ With a larger picket line, the; • stable lads and any helpers plan ] to stop deliveries of food and . drink and stop buses from enter- ! ing. Horse float drivers will be! (asked to turn back when they!' I ’reach the gates. , There are three French-trained- ” and Turkish-trained horses In the ■field The French-trained horses rare Mr Nelson’s Bunker Hunt’s" Noblliarv (an American-bred filly).; ’•Mr J. Wetheimer’s Green Danceri (American-bred) and Mr M.l I Fujita’s Fidion. The Irish-trained' colts are: Nuthatch and Seal 1 Break- I, Two other American-bred colts ,'in the list of acceptors are: Sir(Charles Clorek- Anne’s Pretender; 1 ■ I and Mr J. M. Wakfield’s Tanzor. |, ' The acceptors with probable', ■ i.jockeys are:— i- • ' Anne’s Pretender (A. Murray),’! 'Bruni (L. Piggott). Carolus (E.! Hide), Dominion (I. Johnson), Fidion (J. Desaint). Green Dancer;, !(F Head'. Grundy (P. Eddery),! l •Hobnob (G. Lewis). Hunza Dancei, l|(F. Durr). No Alimony (J. Mer-I ’ cer'. Nuthatch (W. Swinburn),;] (Red Regent (B. Taylor). Romper! • (F. Morby). Royal Manacle (W.’I Carson). Sea Break (J. Roe),:. -Whip It Quick ( —). Nobiliary (Y.i 'Saint-Martin), Tanzor (G. , Starkey). Patch ( —).