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Why it is so difficult to win the Epsom Derby, the blue riband of the turf that dates back to 1780

Half a million cheered “Good old Pip” and the King hailed the triumphant Prince. Epilogue to Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’

Don Bradman’s farewell to cricket, 1948 : Excerpt from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘Don’s Century’

Half a million cheered “Good old Pip” and the King hailed the triumphant Prince. Epilogue to Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’.

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