MILL REEF ... 1971 EPSOM DERBY ... MUST HAVE & SUPERB CONDITION For Sale

THIS WILL BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION ... YOU ARE offerDING FOR A 1971 EPSOM DERBY RACE CARD ( 2/6/1971 ) WON BY THE BRILLIANT \" MILL REEF \" WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMERS OF THE MODERN ERA .. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING JUVENILE WHICH CULMINATED IN HIM WINNING THE DEWHURST STAKES AT NEWMARKET ... ON ROUTE TO EPSOM HE HAD WON THE GREENHAM AND THEN FINISHED 2 ND TO \" BRIGADIER GERARD \" IN THAT EPIC 2000 GUINEAS OF 1971 .. THE BRITISH & FRENCH CHAMPION 2 Y OLD OF 1970 \" MY SWALLOW \" FINISHED 3 RD ... AT EPSOM \" MILL REEF \" WAS MADE FAVOURITE AND HE WON IN EMPHATIC STYLE FROM \" LINDEN TREE \"... \" MILL REEF \" SUBSEQUENTLY WON \" THE ECLIPSE STAKES .. THE KING GEORGE VI & QE STAKES AT ASCOT AND THEN THE PRIX DE L\'ARC DE TRIOMPHE ... HE WAS A REMARKABLE RACEHORSE AND A CREDIT TO THE LATE \" IAN BALDING \" .. HE REMAINED IN TRAINING AT 4 WHEN HE WON THE GANAY BY 10 LENGTHS AND THEN THE CORONATION CUP .. HE WAS UNABLE TO TAKE ON \" BRIGADIER GERARD \" IN THE MUCH ANTICIPATED REMATCH IN THE ECLIPSE STAKES DUE TO AN INFECTION AND IT WAS DECIDED TO PREPARE HIM FOR A SECOND ARC ... ON AUGUST 30 TH HE SUFFERED A HORRIFIC INJURY DURING ROUTINE EXERCISE AND IT WAS ONLY DUE TO THE REMARKABLE WORK OF \" CHARLES ALLEN & PROFESSOR EDWIN JAMES ROBERTS \" THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE HIS LIFE AND HE MADE A FULL RECOVERY SO THAT HE COULD TAKE UP STALLION DUTIES AT THE NATIONAL STUD WHERE HE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SIRE .. PROGENY THAT INCLUDED DERBY WINNERS \" SHIRLEY HEIGHTS & REFERENCE POINT \" .. IN SUPERB CONDITION FOR THE YEAR AND FREE OF ANNOTATIONS .. MUST HAVE MEMORABILIA ... PLEASE CHECK ALL LISTINGS AND HAPPY TO HELP WITH POSTAGE ... THANK YOU