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THE 50-1 SHOT THAT WON THE DERBY

YESTERDAY’S HEROES
Graham Buddry looks at Snow Knight and jockey Brian Taylor

In the pantheon of great Derby winners there can be few as obscure as Snow Knight and in an era of numerous brilliant jockeys, an equally little known journeyman jockey in Brian Taylor. Together they landed the world’s most famous Flat race but afterwards their fortunes could barely have been more contrasting
On pedigree the chestnut colt which was foaled in Derbyshire on 28 February 1971 didn’t have much going for him and thus made only £5,200 at auction as a yearling. His new owner was Sh...

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