EPSOM BUZZING; ENGLISH HORSE RACING'S FINEST ON ORBIT SPORTS

From: Al Bawaba | Date: June 2, 2005 | Copyright information

Just a week before the Visa Triple Crown - America's exciting thoroughbred racing competition is concluded at New York's Belmont Stakes, Orbit invites its subscribers to enjoy live coverage of the much copied but never bettered Vodafone Derby at Epsom, famed throughout the world as one of racing's greatest spectacles. First run in 1780, the race is known as the Blue Riband of the Turf and is probably the most coveted prize in the sport. The two racing days start with the Ladies Day at The Vo...

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