Word: tulyar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cannes, the rich Aga Khan got richer by selling his unbeaten Tulyar, winner of the Epsom Derby, the St. Leger and five other British stakes races, to the government-sponsored Irish National Stud for $700,000. The news instantly 1) gratified Irish horse breeders, 2) roused Laborite opponents of Premier Eamon de Valera to demand a parliamentary debate on the purchase, "in view of the already heavy burden on the taxpayers...
...Khan's Tulyar, the 176th running of the St. Leger, second of Great Britain's classic races for three-year-olds; at Doncaster. Winner of the Derby at Epsom Downs, and of all his seven starts this season, the brown colt added $44,577 to his winnings, bringing his total...
Tucked away amid its heavy fare of Party-line news, London's Communist Daily Worker often gives out tips on horse racing. Last week the paper figured out a way to put even the horses to work for the party. After the Worker's handicapper picked Tulyar, the 11-2-shot winner of the Epsom Downs Derby (see NEWS IN PICTURES), the paper blandly asked readers to fork over part of their winnings for an emergency: the Worker needs $6,921 to pay its bills. Said a front-page editorial: Readers can show their "appreciation...
...Khan's Tulyar, the 173rd and richest ($57,335) Epsom Derby. It was the Aga's fifth Derby, and a triumph for Britain's two-bob bettors, who favored Tulyar against the London bookies who picked French horses to finish...
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