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NOEL MURLESS— Trainer of the 2,000 Guineas winner, Crepello, announced that the Sir Victor Sassoon colt will not start again before the Epsom Derby on June 5. l — ; — ; ■ England Winners of Guineas Events Now Rule Favorites for Epsom Derby and Oaks By CLIVE GRAHAM Our London Correspondent LONDON. England— The results of the two races for the Guineas — which represent the first stage of our Triple Crown series — can be viewedwith mixed feelings. Sir Victor Sassoons Crepello proved himself an exceptional colt, when holding the challenge of Quorum, after first getting the better of Pipe of Peace, in the event confined to colts. « ; The Queens Car-rozza did best of our fillies irt the 1,000 Guineas, but she could finish only fourth bell i n d the French-trained pair. Rose Roy- [ ale II. «by Prince Bio : and Polynesians Amer-, ican-bred daughter Sensualita. The Irish-trained favorite. An- gelet, filled third place in this mile classic, failing to hold her posi-! ! tion after she had seemed the probable ! winner at the quarter mile marker. Both winners are now firmly established; as favorites for the Epsom classics next month, with Crepello 5-to-2 for the Derby, and Rose Royalc II. at 3-to-l for the Oaks. Several of the Newmarket watchers hold some wonderful future event vouchers over the big chestnut by Donatello II.. who is seen as likely to be the first colt to land 1 the Triple Crown 1 2,000 Guineas, Derby and | St. Leger since Bahram, in 1935. Bookmakers offered 300-to-l against this even-! j tuality during the past winter, naming TO-tO-1 against him winning both the1 Guineas and the Derby. Considering the j exceptionally firm state of the Newmarket i going, and the fact that he had no prelimi- j nary "prep" race, it was an outstanding achievement on Crepellos part to win last week. From his post position of 15. on the extreme outside of the straight Rowley Mile. Lester Pigi;ott took his mount back at the start, and brought him over towards the stands side rails. The powerful brown French colt. Tyrone, went off at a fast clip, but he began to lug over to the right | when he faced the incline into The Dip in the last quarter mile. Piggott had to check Crepello momentarily, to prevent him from striking into Tyrones heels, but switched him back to the outside for the run which carried him into the lead. Little Pipe of Peace matched strides with him for 50 yards or so. but it was the gray Quorum who spurted threateningly from fourth place to finish within half a length of the winner. AAA Trainer Noel Murless does not intend to race Crepello again until the Epsom Derby on June 5. and negotiated during the week end for the useful handicap horse. Prince Moon, to act as schoolmaster. Rose Royale II. gave the ailing Aga i Khan his thirty-fifth classic victory in the "One Thousand," and she. too. should appreciate the longer ditsance at Epsom. However, there were several of our English fillies, notably Caperer by Persian Gulf and Alor Star by Alycidon who seemed susceptible of great improvement during the coming month. Both these fillies finished within six lengths of the winner, and were running only for the second time in their careers. The influence of foreign blood can be seen in the pedigrees of both winners. Cre-pello is by Alycidon s sire, Donatello II. a Tesio-bred son of Blenheim I from a daughter of the French Grand Prix winner. Mieuxce. The next dam is by Solario. winner of the Ascot Gold Cup. Rose Royale II. is by Prince Bio »a son of Princequillos sire, Prince Rose from Rose of Yeroda. by Nearco from Hastra. by Hyperion. The four-year-old Pirate King Prince Chevalieri showed himself a contender for the big middle-distance stakes this summer when beating My Smokey and Kandy Sauce easily for the one and one-quarter mile March Stakes. Owned and bred by Major Holliday, he lost his form last season alter a hardy set-to against Tropique in Sandown Parks Eclipse Stakes. The Greentree colors were carried to a surprise victory when Clear River by Abernant* paying 20 to 1, prevailed in a photo-finish for Newmarkets six-furlong Bretby Handicap. At the end of the week, the Derby outsider, London Cry Pardalt seored his second successive victory in the Rayner Stakes at Newbury, but not impressively enough to raise any hopes that he will be a serious threat to Crepello at Epsom. Newmarket attendance figures showed a serious drop, compared with last year, de- , spite the Jockey Club banning the show- ing of races there on TV. The crowd was down 1.500 on 2,000 Guineas day, and the enclosures were three-quarters empty on the other three afternoons. Trainers expressed dissatisfaction at the framing of the minor events, whose conditions have been left unchanged throughout this century. The Mildenhall Stakes attracted only two runners, there were three in the March akes an | four in theSomersham Stakes.
