G/V crowds on Trundle Hill. G/V horses parading in paddock. M/S Princess Margaret talking to officials in paddock. Panning shot horse "The Golden Age" parading round. G/V looking across course from Trundle Hill, bookies in...
G/V crowds on Trundle Hill. G/V horses parading in paddock. M/S Princess Margaret talking to officials in paddock. Panning shot horse "The Golden Age" parading round. G/V looking across course from Trundle Hill, bookies in foreground. C/U bookie stand with umbrella. C/U two ladies sitting under umbrella with raincoat on knees. C/U two girls sheltering under raincoat.
Zoom shot as jockeys walk into paddock. L/S Princess Margaret talking to jockey. C/U jockey mounting. C/U Jockey J. Lynch mounting "Ibrox". L/S Princess Margaret leaving paddock. Crowd shot. G/V looking up the course. C/U tic-tac man. C/U money being passed to bookie. C/U two ladies looking at race card. C/U bookie placing money in bag. L/S horses milling around at start. Pan Jockey T. Lappin on "Light of the Road" arriving at start. C/U lady looking through glasses.
G/V horses coming up to the tapes for the start, tapes go up, camera pans to back view. G/V pan: jockey E. Mercer (Manny) on "Deer Leap" leading by about two lengths from E. Smith on "Short Sentence" and in third place Lester Piggott on "Fire Streak". They gallop past heading for the grandstand. C/U lady looking through glasses. Panning shot horses approaching the finish. "Deer Leap", then "Tudor Monarch" ridden by Geoff Lewis, makes a bid to take the lead and does so seconds before passing post to win. Zoom shot of "Deer Leap" and winner "Tudor Monarch" (owned by Sir Winston Churchill). Pan: "Tudor Monarch" coming into the winners enclosure.
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