RACING AT HOME.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. RUGBY, May 2. The King was present at the Newmarket races to-day to see the race for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, which is the first of the flat season’s classic events. The race was won 'by Lord Glanely’s unbeaten Colombo, which has now won nine successive races, and is favourite for the Derby. Colombo’s starting price was the shortest for the race within memory. Following are details of the event, one' of the most important in the English racing season:— Two Thousand Guineas, a sweepstakes with 2000 guineas added; second, lb per cent, and third, 5 per cent, of, whole stakes; for three-year-old entire colts or fillies; Rowley mile: Lord Glanely’s* b c Colombo, by Manna —Lady Nairne, by Chaucer, 1; R. B. Strassburger’s Elaston, 2; The Aga Khan’s gr c Badruddin, by Blandford— Mumtaz Mahal, 3'. There were twelve starters. Colombo won by a length with a length and a half separating second and third horses.— (British Official Wireless.)
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Wairarapa Age, 4 May 1934, Page 6
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