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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. He wrote about the enthralling event in the Sporting Times a couple of months later

Irish Derby 150 years (1866-2015). Report in their official website on the Irish Derby 1926 triumph of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla

Irish Derby 1926 win on first attempt by Maharaja Sir Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla. His horse Embargo beat a field of ten

Excerpts from ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’ ….. 24 – Chapter 15 : ‘I didn’t think I would win the Derby – I knew’