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Black Tarquin Takes Derby Trial Stakes StakesLONDON LONDON England May 22 Reuters William Woodwards American challenger for the Ep ¬ som Derby Black Tarquin won the 2000 Derby Trial Stakes at Ling field Park today after which he was supported at 100 to 6 for the Epsom classic His odds were subsequently shortened to 100 to 7 Black Tarquin took the lead a quarter mile from the finish in this mile and a half race to win by two lengths from Na ¬ tive Heath Julian was third five lengths away in the fourhorse field Black Tarquins time was 239 239After After the race his trainer Cecil BoydRochfort said Black Tarquin will take a lot of beating in the Derby He certainly will be fit The son of Rhodes Scholar Vagrancy started at 8 to 11
