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Queenpot Outlasts Ariostar To Win One Thousand Guineas GuineasNEWMARKET NEWMARKET England May 1 Reu ¬ ters Perfectly ridden by champion jockey Gordon Richards Queenpot owned by for ¬ mer British Ambassador Sir Percy Loraine won an exciting race for the One Thou ¬ sand Guineas first of the filly classics here Friday The nicely named iilly by Big Game Poker Chip won more than 48000 for her owner one of the richest filly Vaces i of all time in Britain But it was toucn and gone Queenpot just holding on to her lead to defy the great late challenge of Ariostar Duplicity who had always been in the picture took third place with Fair Dinah fourth Brilliante n was sixth the I best of the three French challengers The backers of the Aga Khans favored Masaka soon knew their fate for after causing trouble at the gate she was away slowly and lost at least three lengths Gor ¬ don Richards who was compensated for his head defeat on The Cobbler in the Two Thousand Guineas on Wednesday said Queenpot gave him the grandest of rides although she was just beginning to tire at the winning post Sir Percy Loraine who bred the filly fillysaid said he would talk over her future with withtrainer trainer Noel Murless who turned out his hisi i first classic winner since going to Beck hampton Apart from Masaka the whole wholefield field was away well and there were no nocomplaints complaints apart from the bookmakers bookmakerswho who said they had a losing race raceOf Of the 23 overnight entries Temple Bat was the only scratch The time for the mile
