The Derby Is About Due

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 681, 5 June 1929, Page 12

The Derby Is About Due

FIELD IN THE CLASSIC The famous Derby is to be run st Epsom th is afternoon, or, to be precise, at about 3 a.m. tomorrow, New Zealand time. When the final forfeits were posted last week 32 remained in—all colts. The result will be announced tomorrow morning. Up to last week Cragadour was a pronounced favourite for the race. The field in today’s great race will comprise the following: Cragadour (Lord Astor), b c, by Crag an Eran—Pompadour—9.o. Cragadour is the ruling favourite for the race. Cavendo (Lord Astor), b e, by Gay Crusader—Miss Cavendish—9.o. Ratlin the Reefer (Sir Abe Bailey), br c,. by Chaucer—Reef—9.o. Trigo (W. Bennett), b c, by Blandford —Athasi —9.o. Osiris (Major Courtauld), ch c, by Papyrus—Most Beautiful—9.o. Hunter's Moon (Lord Derby), b c, by Hurry On—Selene—9.o. Bosworth (Lord Derby), b or br c, by Son-in-Law—Serenissima—9.o. The Mac Nab (Lord Dewar), br c, by Abbot’s Trace —Sunny Moya—9.o. Aristotle (Lord Dewar), ch c, by Diligence—Phalution—9.o. Montclair (M. E. Esmond), ch c, by Spion Kop—Masr—9.o. Grand Prince (Lord Glanely), ch c, by Grand Parade—Winter Queen —9.0. Posterity (Mrs. C. Glorney), b c, by Son-in-Law—Hemlock—9.o. Reedsmouth (Lieut.-Col. R. HerinonHodge), ch c, by Somme Kiss—Down Stream —9.0. Le Voleur (H.. IT. the Aga Khan), b c, by Gainsborough—Voleuse—9.o. Mr. Jinks (Major D. McCalmont), roan c, by Tetratenia—False Piety—9.o. Empire Builder (Major D. McCalmont), gr c, bv Son-in-Law—Fourfold —9.o. The Carthaginian (A. Macomber), ch c, by Swynford—Halpine—9.o. Tom Peartree (IT. Morriss), ch c, by Gainsborough—Sobriquet—9.o. Horus (Sir L. Philipps), ch e, by Papyrus—Lady —9.0. % Leonard (Duke of Portland), b c, by Golden Myth—Nilghai—9.o. Reflector (A. de Rothschild), ch c, by Ga’loper Light—Double Back—9.o. Gay Day (Sir V. Sassoon), b .c, by Gay Crusader—Silver Tag—9.o. P.D.Q. (late Surena), (IT. Selfridge), b c, by Gay Crusader—Seraphine—9.o. En Garde (W. M. G. Singer), b c, by Spion Kop—Sword Play—9.o. Roberto (J. Tait), b c, by Hurry On — Puma—9.o. B-rienz (S. Tattersall), br c, by Blink— Blue Lake—9.o. Engelberg (S.' Tattersall), br c, by Crag an Eran—Angela—9.o. Golden Rain (Sir M. Wilson), ch c, by Lemonora —Chicken Pie—9.o. Walter Gay (Loi*d Woolavington), ch c, by Captain Cuttle—William’s Pride—--9.0. Kopi (J. Burns), b c, by Spion Ivop— Suncroft—9.o. N.P.B. (Sir F. Eley), ch c, by Stratford—Ethel 1T.—9.0. Barbizon (Lord Londonderry), b c, by Gainsborough—Sun and Air —9.0.