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RACING IN ENGLAND

THE GREAT METROPOLITAN

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Received April 19, 12.30 p.m.)

LONDON, April 18. On the opening day of the Epsom Spring Meeting, the following was the result of the

GREAT METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, a plate of £1100; second £100,

third £50; about 2k miles. J. A. de Rothschild's bh Lillibullero, by Bolingbroke^—Scintilla, by. Hurry On, 4yrs 1 Miss Dorothy Paget's eh h Foxchase, by Foxlaw —Nell Star, syrs .. 2 H. Lester's eh h Holne Chase, by Gainsborough—Saddle Tor, syrs 3 Thirteen starters. Won by three lengths; one and a half lengths between second and third. Winner bred by owner and trained by F. C. Pratt at Lambourne, Berkshire.

Lillibullero did not race as a two-year-old, and his form last season was poor. His dam, Scintilla, also ran in the colours of Mr. de Rothschild and failed to win in a couple of seasons on the Turf. Holne Chase was also third in the Great Metropolitan last year.— "Rangatira."

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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 11

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RACING IN ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 11

RACING IN ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 11