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Derby and Oaks Triumphs Spotlight a Picturesque Duke
The week’s racing ends with Donavan winning the Derby and Abbess de Jourarre taking the Oaks both at surprising odds. Colonel North backs Abbess, while the Duke of Portland emerges as a breezy, fortune rich young figure who has won the Derby two years running and inherits vast estates and cash from his late father.
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Colonel North
Bonani King
Dark Horse
Donavan
Favonte
Abbess de Jourarre
Lord Randolph Churchill
North
Churchill
Duke of Portland
Portland
England
Miles
Den
Duke of
Bury St. Janes
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Johnstown
Aufrecht