PICKING THE WINNER OF THE DERBY
Alreadv the national pastime of picking the Derby winner on June 5 iias started and a Fren.ch-br.ed horse is favourite lioth for this race and the ^UOOgns which will be 011 April 2S. H.e is Aly Babu by Djebel out of Perfume who rau conspicuously last year under the iiame of Lerins. His owner is the ttaekvvar of Baroda and he is a 8-to-1 favourite for the Guineas and a 15-to-2 favourite for the Derby. An Irish-bred horse, The Cobbler, is almost as well fancied for The Guineas at 10()-to-30, but backers who like him for this mile race don't think he can stav the. Derby mile and a-half. Tlie second favourite for the Derby is Black Targuin at 9-to-l with Pride oi India at 10-to-l. It is possible that Aly Babu vvill run at Newmarket next week and his form will be elose ly watched. Whether he runs or not is not eertain a,s his trainer (F. Armstrong) is in favour of lteeping him for The Guineas.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1948, Page 5
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