Category Archives: Horse Racing

On the 133rd birth anniversary of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, an article by his friend and writer V.C. Buckley, days after his Epsom Derby win of 1934

Windsor Lad, the Epsom Derby 1934 winning horse owned by Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla. “One of the greatest thoroughbreds”.

Visit of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla to the United States a century ago, in 1922

When the British royal family saw Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla winning the Epsom Derby of England in 1934. Excerpts from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’

What The Racing Gazette wrote about Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla in November 1921

On this day, 6th June in the year 1934, Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla won the blue riband of the turf, the Epsom Derby of England. He wrote about the enthralling event in the Sporting Times a couple of months later

The two sides of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, the oriental and the occidental

The things Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla will always be remembered for

Horses and jockeys of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla

The immediate aftermath of the victory of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla in the Epsom Derby 1934. Excerpt from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’