WINDSOR LAD'S PHYSIQUE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 20, 24 July 1934, Page 6

WINDSOR LAD'S PHYSIQUE

The victory registered by Windsor Lad in this year's Derby 'enabled those connected with the Blandford colt to have a laugh on ihose who had a tilt at him for his physique, -which was viewed as below what might be expected from a candidate for Derby honours. The laugh may, perhaps, have been re-echoed by the other side when the colt was defeated in the Sandown Eclipse Stakes last Friday. - ACtpr Windsor Lad's early successes this year, 'Olankato," who is widely known as one o£ the leading authorities on the thoroughbred family, described him as a big, lengthy colt, built somewhat on the model of a 'chaser, and one that he would not class as a Derby colt in 'build. Other writers prior to the "Derby were mixed in their views about Windsor Lad,- though, none were so- critical. as "Marikato, v but* it was fairly generally admitted that the colt could not compare in looks with the aristocratic Colombo. The Aga Khan's Umidwar, the" three-vear-old to finish in front of Windsor Lad in the Eclipse, was off colour a week or two before the Derby, and although he recovered and was made a slightly better second favourite than Windsor Lad, he could reach no nearer than seventh in the Epsom classic. lie has always been highly regarded, however, and there is certainly more than a remote possibility of his following in Firdaussi's steps by winning the .St. Leger after filling a minor place in the Eclipse.