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...tightly bunched 26-horse field pounded into Tattenham Corner, Long-shot (33-1) Romulus clipped the heels of the French-owned colt Crossen. Off flew French Jockey Maurice Larraun, down went Romulus-and in seconds the track was covered with seven prostrate jockeys and riderless horses. One horse broke a leg, six jockeys were injured-four seriously-and the casualties included the 9-2 favorite, Hethersett. The eventual winner: Larkspur, a 22-1 choice owned by the U.S.'s Raymond Guest...
Psidium started dead last. But as the horses pounded through the tight arc of Tattenham Corner and into the stretch, Jockey Roger Poincelet, aboard Psidium, lazily swung his whip. The colt responded with an astonishing burst of speed that carried him into the lead and under the wire two lengths ahead of his closest pursuer...
...field broke cleanly on the first try. Downhill to Tattenham Corner, Acropolis was moving well in fourth place; Phil Drake was slogging along in the pack, 20 lengths behind the leader. Uphill into the stretch, Irish-bred Panaslipper (100 to 1) charged into the lead on the outside. "I thought I was home and dried," said Panaslipper's Jockey Jim Eddery. Then Phil Drake came on. The big-hearted son of Admiral Drake slid past as if the field had slowed to a trot. Suzy Volterra's red and white silks crossed under the wire a length...
...moving well, although he has been so temperamental lately that he has had to be attended by a psychiatric horse doctor. Never Say Die was a careful fifth. Almost out of sight behind the gorse at the far turn, the field thundered into the dangerous, downhill arc of Tattenham Corner. Rowston Manor faded. Landau quit. And then, in the stretch, Never Say Die made his move. Booted by his 18-year-old jockey, Lester Piggot, he passed the wire a healthy two lengths ahead of another 33-to-1 shot, Arabian Night. The youngest jockey to ride a winner...
Over the roller-coaster mile-and-a-half turf of Epsom Downs, Jockey Richards and Pinza justified their bettors' faith. At the last turn, famed Tattenham Corner, Richards saved ground by snugging close along the curving rail. In the stretch. where Richards' other horses have been tiring for a generation, Pinza proved to be a stayer. At the finish, Richards had his first Derby winner, by four lengths. Second in the field of 27: Queen Elizabeth's Aureole...