2560: Obit VI – solution

The perimetric names are NIJINSKY, NEVER SAY DIE, CREPELLO, THE MINSTREL, ROBERTO and TEENOSO, six of the nine Derby winners ridden by Lester Piggott who died on the 29th of May, the other three being ST PADDY (22), SIR IVOR (33) and EMPERY (4). DERBY (15) and LESTER (35) were to be shaded.

First prize David Baldwin, Headingley, Leeds

Runners-up Clare Reynolds, London SE24; Colin Clarke, Boughspring, Chepstow