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Pimpernel, though, was 14 lengths clear of the third horse DEWCUP who is in the field again today.
His story has been brought to life in a new play, written by John Hughes, titled The Tartan
Pimpernel which will be staged at The Wynd Centre tomorrow at 8pm.
"We bring you a brand new Pratt play with pratfalls galore in Peter Gordon's Sleighed To Death, a plethora of shoulder pads from Francis Durbridge's A Touch Of Danger, swashbuckles aplenty with The Scarlet
Pimpernel from the pen of Louise Page and a profusion of piquant passions from John Goodrum's The Nightmare Room.
The roster for December 20 includes: Big Papa's Beautiful South, Rolling Smoke, Flipping Cow, Bare Banes,
Pimpernel's Delights, Nosh & Ciao, Bombay Tapas, Pelima Satay, Mrs Mills and Pip's Hot Sauce.
This new license has been carried over into the
Pimpernel brand as well, which will showcase new mats, coasters and melamine trays.
Pimpernel Wharf is a specialist category management company that works with cheese producers from across Europe to develop innovative products and help them find a route to market to compete against mainstream brands.
Dugan (English, Oxford Brookes U.) traces the emergence of Emmuska Orczy's (1865-1947) play (1903) and novel (1905) The Scarlet
Pimpernel from two of her short stories featuring plots against the Russian Tsar.
Godolphin, who boast a strong team of Classic fillies, run two --
Pimpernel, the mount of Frankie Dettori, and Minidress, who will be ridden by Dubai World Cup-winning jockey Mickael Barzalona.
ELUSIVE
PIMPERNEL is taken to create a surprise and steal the thunder of Workforce in the Piper Heidsieck Champagne Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown.
SANDOWN: 6.00 Potentiale, 6.30 Magic City, 7.05 Akmal, 7.40 Elusive
Pimpernel (nap), 8.15 Fury, 8.45 Julienas.
If I was still in my teenage years, I would say straight away The Scarlet
Pimpernel. He seemed to me to be madly dashing and romantic.
Aidan O'Brien fielded redhot favourite St Nicholas Abbey, Godolphin were armed with a two-strong challenge and John Dunlop sent out Elusive
Pimpernel to complete his Classic set - but all were eclipsed by the French raider.
Fallon, who hasn't got a ride in the first Classic of the campaign, said: "Elusive
Pimpernel clocked a very good speed figure when winning the Craven Stakes and I was very impressed by that performance.
He left Elusive
Pimpernel for dead in the final furlong of the Racing Post Trophy, and John Dunlop's colt upheld the form when successful in the Craven Stakes on his reappearance.