The Archive · 1938

The King Sees Pasch Win

Mr. H. E. Morriss' Great Colt in Front All}; — The Way to Finish Two Lengths Ahead

London, Apr. 27.

'N the presence of the King, who was paying his first visit to Newmarket, and the Princess Royal, Pasch, owned by Mr. 4H, E, Morriss of Shanghai, won the Two Thousand Guineas today in easy fashion, Starting a 5-2 favourite, Pasch, ridden by the champion jockey, Gordon Richards, finished two lengths ahead of Mr, J. V. Rank's Scottish Union, which in turn beat the Aga Khan's Mirza by one and a halt lengths. Scottish Union started at 9-1 and Mirza at 7-1, There wore 18 starters in the classic, which "was over a. distance of ons Rockfel Wins One Judging by the easy win of Pasei today, Richards must be conceded a feat" chance to, win his frst Derby {his year, repeating for'Mr. Mortiss his 1025 success with Manna, "the also rans' today. were: Magic Circle "CPerryman), Pound Foolish ones), Ramtapa," (Weston), optic. "Lane), "Pactolus (Nevett), Paris 1 (E, Smith), Rafano (Brethes), Value (Smirke), Lohengrin (Beary), Portmarnock (Beasley), Unbreakable (Sirett), Cave Man (Brennan), Cam= Elon (Cowrey), Scaraben (Herbert), Pasch is a rich dark whole-coloured brown, He Is by Blandford (sire of Blenheim and Bahram, each a Derby winner, while Blenheim is the sire of Mahmoud, also a Derby winner) out of Pasco. Pasea is by Manna (2,00) Guineas and Derby winner) out of Soubriquet (dam of Tai Yang) whose sire was Lemberg, also a Derby winner. "This indicates how thoroughly home-bred 1s Pasch, The Race In beautiful weather a tremendous crowd was on hand to see the classic. 'The going was firm but good. After slight delay, the field got off to a good start with Pasch well up on the far side and Portmarnock, the and favourite, prominent on the side. In the middle of the wide straight course, Cave Man, a rank' outsider, was holding his own over: the first four furlongs. But at the halt way mark, it was obvious that Pasch was showing too much speed for the rest of the field and breezed home with a comfortable margin to spare while Scottish Union (Carslake) shot, forward, overtaking Portmarnock and Lohengrin to take second honours,

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