ENGLISH DERBY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 1 June 1937, Page 10

ENGLISH DERBY.

LORD ASTOR’S lIOPES. o AMERICAN COLT FAVOURITE. The result of the Newmarket Stakes (England) has caused an alteration in the order of favouritism for the English Derby, states tho Sydney Morning Herald in a message dated May 17. Le Ksar, who has headed the pre-post quotations since his victory in the Two Thousand Guineas, was displaced by the American colt, Perifox, at the head of the list, with Cash Book, the Newmarket Stakes winner, now third in demand. As a result of Cash Book’s victory, English hopes have taken a brighter hue, and his victory in the classic would be all the more pleasing, for he is owned by Lord Astor, whose many attempts to win the Derby have not met. with the success his endeavours warrant. Last year, Lord Astor, who until then had hail six place-getters in the Derby, had great expectations of winning his ■first Derby when his colt Pay Up won the Two Thousand Guineas, and a little later on, another of his colts, Rhodes Scholar, also indicated tho possibility of success. He was disappointed, however, for Rhodes Scholar had to be withdrawn a few days before the race, and Pay Up could only run fourth. Rhodes Scholar proved that he would have run solidly in the Derby, for .a few days after that race lie trounced the Derby winner, Mahmoud, in the St. James Palace Stakes, and later won the Eclipse Stakes. TEST OF STAMINA.

-When the flat racing season closed in England last year, Lord Astor’s Early School was the' Derby favourite, but" before racing began this year it was announced that tendon trouble in his near foreleg necessitated his being withdrawn from the classic, and it seemed that Lord Astor’s ill-luck still followed his efforts to win the Derby. Ilis pleasure at the improvement of G’ash Book can be conjectured. The Newmarket Stakes is a severe test of stamina, for it is run {Over a straight mile and a-quarter. Cash Book’s career is. so far, on a line with that of Windsor Lad. The latter was not generally regarded as a Derby proposition until he won the Newmarket Stakes in 1934, after which he entered seriously into the discussions, despite the laet that Colombo, one of the most brilliant colts for many years, was held to have a mortgage on the race. Other Newmarket Stakes winners to follow with Derby success were Call Boy in 1927, Craganour in 1913, although ho lost tho classic on a protest to Aboyeur; Sunstar in 1911, Ard Pat rick in 1902 (he lost the Newmarket Stakes after being first past the post), Diamond Jubilee, Galtee More, Ladas Isinglass, and Donovan, back to the year of its inception. BRED TO STAY.

Cash Book is bred for stoutness. He is a son of Cameronian, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby in 1931, from Volume, a lialf-sister to the Oaks winner of 1926, Short Story, for Lord Astor, and Volume was by the Derby winner Papyrus, son of Tracery. Cameronian is a son of Pharos, a brother to Fairway, leading sire in England last year, both being by Phalaris. Una Camerion, dam of Cameronian, is a daughter of Gainsborough, a sire of stamina. Fair Copy, son of Fairway, was beaten two lengths by Cash Book in the Newmarket Stakes, with Solfo half a length back third. Fair Copy was not entered for tlie Derby, but Solfo has retained his position as fourth favourite. Fairford. also by Fairway, who was favourite for the Derby in the early discussions, has lost caste, and the . French-bred Le Grand Due, and Goya 11, judging by the order of favouritism, are losilg ground also.