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
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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 with his horse Windsor Lad. Excerpts from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’
The hand of Marcus Marsh in the purchase and training of Windsor Lad, the Epsom Derby 1934 winning horse owned by Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla. Chapter from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’
Knowledge, self-belief, perseverance and passion enabled Maharaja Shri Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla to claim a hat-trick of Derbys over a decade and a half. Read in his own words.
Daily Telegraph, UK, and The Times of India, on win of Maharaja Sir Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla’s horse Windsor Lad in the Epsom Derby 1934
Excerpts from ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’ ….. 25 – Chapter 16 : “My Three Derbys”
Excerpts from ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’ ….. 24 – Chapter 15 : ‘I didn’t think I would win the Derby – I knew’
Excerpts from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’ ….. 10 – The Sporting Life on the Epsom Derby 1934 triumph of Maharaja Sir Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla
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