AGA KHAN'S "TIP"

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 26, 30 July 1938, Page 22

AGA KHAN'S "TIP"

G. RICHARDS'S QUINTUPLE

(From "The Post*" Representative.) LONDON, July 6. The Aga Khan believes that Lord Astor will win the St. Legerwith Cave Man. He expressed this opinion after he had seen the colt finish second in the Princess of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket to Pound Foolish, also owned by Lord Astor. „ , Cave Man carried the second colours and made all the running till a few strides from the winning-post. Pound Foolish won by only a short head. The two horses have run remarkably true to their public and private form. They finished side by side in the Derby. Cave Man will next run in the Eclipse Stakes. Pound Foolish will have one more race before the St. Leger, but which engagement he will meet has not yet been decided.

y A RICHARDS AFTERNOON. "Ally Pally" meetings are very popular with Londoners, especially when Saturday is one of the days. There is a general impression, too, that this is Gordon Richards's lucky course. All the followers of Gordon returned home in very happy mood last Saturday for the champion won five races out of six, and this odd one was won by his brother, Clifford Richards. One of the chief events was the London Cup. for which Lord Glanely's Buckleigh was made second favourite, despite the fact that he was giving the Aga Khan's Dardanelles II 201b. The Chester Cup winner, Mr. Grundy, started favourite but he gave a disappointing display. Dardanelles 11, a French-bred three-year-old by Rustom Pasha, had finished last in the Coronation Cup at Epsom, but he stayed on well enough on this occasion to get the better of a good finish by Buckleigh. IN MIXED DOUBLES. A lucky man well known to the Press had Gordon Richards's mounts in £1 mixed doubles, and he Was greatly excited as the Wood Green Maiden Plate, the last race, was being run. From the time the field came into the straight Taran was going better than his rivals. Just to make quite sure. Gordon gave the colt one tap, M.. M. Boussac's good-looking and VjveH-put-together four-year-old goings oh to rt score comfortably. Half-way down the straight Gordon was being cheered, and before they got to the winning-post the champion looked up at the stands as if to acknowledge the applause. It was a fitting Alexandra- Palace windup for Gordon Richards, as Taran is trained by his old friend, Steve Donoghue.

From figures supplied to "Picquet" ("News Chronicle" racing correspondent) it seems that in eleven seasons Gordon has ridden 12,083 races in this country and has won 2305 of them. Picquet says:—"Richards is very proud of his profession and he was particularly pleased, at Alexandra Park, to have ridden two winners for trainers who themselves were formerly jockeys. Lady Liqueur, on whom he won the first race, is trained by Johnny Dines, and Taran is trained by Steve Donoghue." <

DONKEY DERBY—STEVE'S TURN.

Gordon, just a few hours later, was numbered among the "also' rans." Steve beat him. Cheered by a big crowd, Steve Donoghue won the Donkey Derby (in aid of Stj Luke's Roman Catholic Church, Pinner) from. B. Lynch.

Afterwards, a race between Steve Donoghue, representing the trainers, and Gordon Richards, representing the jockeys, was run over the 100 yards course. Steve won by a neck.