DERBY TO LAUREATE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 84, 6 October 1941, Page 10

DERBY TO LAUREATE

RIMVEII/S EPSOM

BEAU VITE EASILY

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)

SYDNEY, October 4

Both this year's A.J.C, Derby and Epsom Handicap at Randwick were fine races by reason of the uniformity in class, the number of starters, and the fact that the popular choice carried off the Derby. The Victorian Laureate justified antlcipastions by capturing the Derby in rather hollow fashion., Yaralla, though well fancied and given every chance, failed to stay the distance. Of the others Chatham's Choice shaped best. Cloudy Bay was a dismal failure. The Epsom Handicap produced a thrilling finish witb Rimveil snatching victory on the post from High Caste, whose weight Just beat him. The redoubtable Beau Vite lived up to his great reputation by winning the Colin Stephen Stakes witb a minimum of effort. Tha principal results were:— FIRST HURDLE HANDICAP, £400; about 2 miles. P. H. Osborne's ch g Royal Sceptre, by Excitement—Care Free, syrs, 10.0 (Hynes) 1 Llthgow. 9.0 (Welsh) 2 Punarua, 9.10 (Hamer) 3 Fourteen started Neck; two and a half lengths. Time, 3min 39sec. TRIAL STAKES, £400; IV* miles. H. White's ch h Red Pete, by Peter PanAdmired, 4yrs, 8.5 (E. Bartle) .' 1 Lambeth, 7.12 (H. Badger) 2 Lo Dokes 8.8 (F. Shean) 3 Twelve started Long head; two lengths. Time, 2mln 3% sec. A.J.C. DERBY STAKES, £5000; for three-year-olds; 1% miles. R. W. McLean's br c Laureate, by Law Maker—Stage Wit, 8.10 (M. McCarten) 1 W. Dawes «nd R Allott's ch c Galliard, 8.10 (F. Shean) 2 A. G. Papworth and C. Perry's b c Chatham's Choice, 8.10 (A. Knox) 3 All started. Yaralla, Galliard, and Chatham's Choice led the field to the five furlongs, where Laureate extricated himself from the nest division. He hit the front at the Leger, and then drew away to win easily by two lengths and a half, witb a long head between Galliard and Chatham's Choice. . It's Funny was a poor fourth. The remainder of the field was strung out. Time, 2min 32sec. EPSOM HANDICAP, £3000; 1 mile. S. Buckley's b h Rimveil, by Veilmond— Rima, 4yrs, 9.2 (H. Badger) .... 1 H. E. Tancred'f High Caste, syrs, 9.13 (E, Bartle) - 2 L. J. O'Suliivan'a blk m Amiable, 7yrs, 8.11 (W. Cook) 3 All started. The hot favourite. Freckles, dashed to" the front from a good start and opened up a four lengths lead from Trade Mark, High Rank, and Algerian. The field closed up on Freckles at . the three furlongs post, where Session and Industry were* lying handy. High Caste then , rushed to the front and looked all over a winner, but In a dazzling struggle to the post Rimveil bore down on him and gained the verdict by a long head. Amiable was third half a length away, and Tuhitarata was a close fourth. Evergreen was seventh and Algerian eighth. Time, lmin 36sec. THE COLIN STEPHEN STAKES, £1300; weight-for-age; 1% miles. R. Stewart's br h Beau Vite, by Beau Pere—Dominant, syrs, 9.5 (D. Munro) 1 Dashing Cavalier, 9.5 (F. Shean) 2 Lucrative. 9.0 (M. McCarten) 31 Reading made the running to the half-mile, where-Beau Vite took the lead, and was never troubled to • win by one length and a half. Lucrative was half a head behind Dashing/ Cavalier, who finished with great determination and should come into prominence for the Metropolitan Handicap. Pandect's fourth was a moderate performance. Time, 2min #2%sec. KENSINGTON HANDICAP, £500; 7 furlongs. E. H. Bowman's br g Duke Cullen, by.. Achcullen—Lady Spelthorne, 4yrs, 8.0 (A. Podmorej 1 Sethia, 9.2 (E. Davis) 21 Asnazu, 8.11 (J. Thompson) 3 Sixteen started, including Monte Cristo, who finished at the rear. Three-quarters of a | length; one lengtn. Time, lmin 25%sec. | j