ENGLISH DERBY.
PONT L’EVEQUE SCORES. Received June 13, 9.55 aim. LONDON, June 12. The Derby, run at Newmarket, resulted : - . THE DERBY, of one mile and four / , . furlongs. PONT L’EVEQUE (S. Wragg) ... ' 1 TURKHAN 'C. Smirke) ... 2 LIGHTHOUSE (11. Perryman) ... 3 Sixteen started. Three lengths; a short head. ? . ;
Last year, the Derby was won by the Earl of Rosebery’s Blue Peter, there being 27 runners. C. Smirke, rider of Tarkhan. rode Windsor Lad to victory in the Derhy in 1934 and Mahmoud in the same race in 1936.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 166, 13 June 1940, Page 7
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