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i ; i : i s e t [j e n . s h n £ ,r it d " [s Le [y te 10 .0 no s. Graham Reports Continued from Page Three than that these two colts will again fill the first two places at Epsom. Premonition fell from grace when out-speeded at Sandown Park by Bandoola, after a falsely run race. The winner, a son of Vatellor, is trained by Marcus Marsh and will take his chance in the Derby with Charlie Smirke riding. The trainers view is that in such a moderate year any horse with stamina and a top-class jockey could easily be given a winning chance. There are some more tests due to be held this week and most importance is attached to the Linf ield Park Derby Trial Stakes one and a half miles Saturday. This is the race chosen for the Queens Aureole, who will be opposed by Mountain King and ; Prince Canarina. Mountain King is a big slashing colt by Chamosraire out of a Rhodes Scholar mare. He worked brilliantly at Newmarket last Saturday, and then proceeded to bite off the top of his grooms finger. So he seems somewhat of an awkward customer. Wilwyn returned brilliantly to winning form at Kempton with a victory, by eight , lengths in the Victor Wild Stakes. Owner Bob Boucher is still undecided whether future plans will allow him to take his horse back to America in a second bid for the Washington. D. C, International at Laurel. Boucher is attempting to syndicate the horse. It is possible, if syndication is 5 taken up, joint owners might not agree to . risking a trans-atlantic air journey so late t in the season. Old Hyperion was responsible ; for yet another big race when the five-pe«r-old . j Eastern Emperor won the Chester r , ! Cup. This is one of our major handicaps s for stayers. A 45 -pound Cheshire cheese e goes to the owner of the winner. i I The Kempton Park Jubilee Handicap ! went to the five-year-old Durante, who j was winning for the second successive year. He is a son of Dante, winner of the 1945 Derby. Dante is the sire of the Italian fhrce-year-old colt Toulouse Lau- tree, who hs been entered for the valu- able King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot in July. The threat from France this year seems s to be less than at any time since the war. r. We agree with Tim Vigors that the Irish h horses may prove a greater force especially y in the two-year-old department. Paddy Prendergast brought a couple of two-year-Lt - olds over to Chester, and both won. One of f them was a filly called Sixpence, who is a a sister to Ballydam, who was exported to o America 18 months ago. The general quality y of two-year-olds seen in action so far has ls not been particularly striking. Call Girl, 1, winner of three successive races, is prob-lo i- ably as good as any. She is a most attrac-i- tive daughter of Court Martial, sire in n America of the Rokeby Stables Shing.
