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Has The Derby – “The Derby” – lost its standing among the world’s great races?
In keeping with the spirit of mischief which was surely behind Peter Moody’s declaration that Australian trainers are better than their English and European counterparts, let’s have a crack at an ever holier grail. The Derby. The one run at Epsom Downs which apparently, like its golfing equivalent, needs no designation other than “The”. The... Read More
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