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AGA KHAN Indian Prince who is re ¬ ported to have paid 50000 for a half interest in My Love received half of that amount back through the colts vic ¬ tory in the Epsom Derby my My Love Love Takes foxes Epsom cpsom Derby ueroy To Give Aga Khan Big Double Triumph Follows Masakas Victory in Oaks American Black Tarquin Ryns Eighth EighthEPSOM EPSOM England June 5 Reuters The Indian prince Aga Khan brought off a notable double here today jvhen the Frenchbred colt My Love running in his colors won the richest Derby eyer follow ¬ ing on the heels of his Masakas score in the Oaks on Thursday He recently pur ¬ chased a halfinterest in My Love from Leon Volterra who saw My Loves former stable champion Royal Drake running in Volterras own colors finish a length and a half behind Aga Kahn also took the show with his Noor My Love was one of the best backed horses starting at 100to9 100to9Of Of William Woodwards two American challengers Black Tarquin was the better but could not finish further up than eighth After the race his rider Willie Carr said He had every chance He raced too freely at the start but on settling down was sixth or seventh moving up to fifth place at Tattenham corner After a furlong in the straightaway when My Babu passed him he tired quickly His stablemate The Senator n was never prominent prominentMy My Love who is a son of Vatellor sire of last years Derby winner Pearl Diver made a great spurt to beat Royal Drake who had the lead round Tattenham corner finally winning by a length and a half Noor also finished fast to be third just ahead of the 4tol favorite My Babu BabuRoyal Royal Family Sees Race RaceAga Aga Khan reportedly paid 50000 for a halfshare in the winner The King Queen and Princess and other members of the royal family saw the race for which the field of 32 was the second biggest in his ¬ tory While on an open heath like Epsom it is almost impossible to estimate a crowd nearly a million people were present but only a few thousand were able to see the whole race and the brilliant jockey work of Australian Togo Johnstone who was compensated for his defeat on Colombo in 1934 1934Royal Royal Drake is by Admiral Drake and Noor by Nasrullah My Love who was trained by Richard Carver in France cov ¬ ered the mile and a half in 240 The colt will not return to France but will be back in September in a bid to win the St Leger His jockey said I never was worried al ¬ though I was a long way behind because I knew My Love wotlld stay I was still seven or eight lengths behind the leaders as we rounded Tattenham corner cornerCharlie Charlie Smirke rider of the favored My Babu had a hard luck story to tell on re ¬ turning to the unsaddling enclosure I had a terrible passage and could never get into position early he said I was knocked all over the place and approach ¬ ing Tattenham corner I had to go around 15 horses Even then I got second to the winner in the stretch at one point and musthave traveled 100 yards farther than anything else elseNoel Noel Murless trainer of The Cobbler said The colt just did not stay and I could see that he was not going to win as he came around Tattenham corner He met trouble at the start and was squeezed in the next furlong but that made no dif ¬ ference His jockey Gordon Richards looking very disappointed after his 23rd attempt to win this classic confirmed Mur ¬ less statement remarking with a philo ¬ j sophical shrug of the shoulders The Cob ¬ bler just did not stay stayThe I The King and Queen congratulated Aga Khan on his victory and also sent for the trainer to congratulate him Although rain threatened throughout the race it was run with the sun shining The going was yield ¬ ing
