Whisk Broom Second In A Great Race., Daily Racing Form, 1912-05-12

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WHISK BHOOM SECOND IN A CHEAT EACE London May 11 At Kempton Park today thu Kempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap of 3000 sov ¬ ereigns for threeyearolds and upwards at a mile and a quarter was won by D McCalmonts fouryear old chestnut colt Bachelors Hope by Tredenuis Lady Bawn 09 pounds with H P Whitneys five yearold chestnut horse Whisk Broom by Broomstick Audience 125 pounds second and D M Gants sixyearold chestnut gelding Mustapba by Oberon or Uncle Mac Chatty 121 pounds third Fourteen horses started The betting was 100 to 9 against Bachelors Hope 15 to 2 against Whisk Broom and 10 to 1 against Mustapha MustaphaThe The Sunnybrook Plate of 150 sovereigns at seven furlongs was won by King Georges fouryearold bay colt Dorando by Cyllene Nadejda Juggernaut finishing second and St Alphonse third King George was present and witnessed his colts victory victoryThe The Great Jubilee is the most valuable handicap decided annually in England It is a singular cir ¬ cumstance that the winner this year is a brother to the noted horse Bachelors Double which won this race last year with 123 pounds up Bachelors Hope was one of the leaders in the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom April 24 until in the last fur ¬ long then fell back beaten and probably was not so fit as he was in yesterdays race of which weights considered Whisk Broom was the real hero


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