THE AGA KHAN WINS HIS FOURTH DERBY
(10 a.m.) LONDON, June fi. The Aga Khan won his fourth Derby on Saturday with My Love. Results: The Derby of £15,880, 1| miles.—My Love (Johnstone), 1. Royal Drake (Doyasbere), 2. Noor (Weston), 3. Won by one and a half lengths; four lengths. Thirty two started. Time, 2min. 40sec. Ojeddah was first away, but after a furlong Henley-in-Arden led from Ottoman, Luefalls, Valignus, with Tarake last. Stormie went to the front at the top of tiie hill followed by Henley-in-Arden, Speciality Ottoman and Ojeddah. Stormie and Royal Drake led dow nthe hill and! at TnUenham Corner this pair were followed by Ojeddah, Ottoman, Straight Play, Black Tarquin The Cobbler, Junian and My Babu. Two furlongs from home, My Love began to move up on Ihe outside and, one furlong from home My Love and Noor were gaining ground fast behind Royal Drake, Ojeddah and My Babu. One hundred yards from the post, My Love went to the front and won convincingly. My Babu was fourth. More than LO'OO.OOO witnessed the race. The Aga Khan also owns the third horse, Noor.
All night, campers and motorists who slept in their cars on Epsom Downs secured good nositions for the Derby—the richest in its history of the 168 previous events. The stakes totalled £15.880. and the winner took £13.059.
The King, Queen, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived two hours before the Derby started.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22657, 7 June 1948, Page 7
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