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Rose Royale Takes Honors in Guineas GuineasAgo Ago Khans Filly Holds Off Prince Alys Sensualita by Length in Newmarket Classic ClassicBy By VERNON MORGAN MORGANReuters Reuters Sports Editor Special to Daily Racing Form FormNEWMARKET NEWMARKET Cambridgeshire Eng ¬ land May 3 Rose Royale owned by the Aga Khan and Sensualita owned by his son Prince Aly Khan finished first and second respectively in the 1000 Guineas for fillies over a mile course here today Lady Honor Svejdars Angelet 4tol fa ¬ vorite was third thirdRose Rose Royale a daughter of Prince Bio went off at 6tol and finished a length ahead of the 33tol outsider Sensualita while the Irishbred Angelet was two lengths farther back in the field of 21 horses horsesIt It marked the first time the Aga Khan had won this classic although he had won all four others in past years Illness which has confined him to his estate in the south of France prevented the Aga from seeing his bay filly finish strongly to snatch the race from his sons cdlorbearer Sensualita The latter is a daughter of the American bred mare Peace of Mind MindJockey Jockey Charlie Smirke had not hitherto won this classic and made no mistakes today He went all out in pushing Rose Royale into the lead as the two fillies bat ¬ tled it out for supremacy down to the final furlong furlongAngelet Angelet Leads for Half Mile MileAngelet Angelet ridden by 20yearold appren ¬ tice Eddie Hyde had led for the first half mile After giving way to the ultimate leaders she came back strongly to salvage third place from Queen Elizabeths Car rozza The queen was on hand for the race raceIt It was apparent in the last quarter mile that none of the homebreds was going to take top honors and the purse of over 38000 that goes with it itAt At one point in the running it appeared as if Prince Als outsider might beat her1 stable companion but Rose Royale re ¬ sponded gamely to Smirkes vigorous rid ¬ ing Sensualita was handled by jockey J Massard MassardAlec Alec Head who trains for the Khans in France saddled both of their starters Once again it was a glorious day on this historic heath and it was evident that the turf was more firm than it had been for the colts in Wednesdays renewal of the 2000 Guineas GuineasSirijui Sirijui stablemate to Crepello who won that event was well backed but never a true factor in todays mile thus eliminating any chance of a Guineas double for own ¬ er Sir Victor Sassoon trainer Noel Murless and jockey Lester Piggott PiggottAfter After the race Aly Khan smilingly said I anixdelighted that Rose Royale beat my own Sensualita I would not have had it any other way My father will be so pleased and it will be a tonic for him himMaj Maj Cyril Hall manager of the Khans stables in Ireland said Rose Royale is owned in partnership by the Aga and Prince Aly but ran today in the Agas colors Sensualita belongs solely to Aly Khan The winner was foaled in France and later sent with her dam to Ireland Later she was returned to France to be put into training Aly Khan bought Sen ¬ sualita as a yearling at the Saratoga sales for about 10000
