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The Trump and Cups
KNEES ARE A
WORRY BUT HE
PULLS UP WELL
By R. J. Daldy
JF his knees stand the strain it is not beyond
the bounds of possibility that we shall
be paying homage to The Trump once
again as winner of the Canlfield and/or
Melbourne Cnps.
He registered a slashing performance to win at six furlongs at
Caulfield on Saturday, and he looks a better horse this year than
last.
T may be that the Moondah Plate is
I
the beginning of another triumphal
-
run for
- ..
him.
. , . . . i
Sun Held has proved again that he!
ir, fit the Manfred gelding for racing
without "pumping" the work into him,
and this is going lo make it easier for
.k. 1„„ If ,:|I ..„,. 1, „
•J* legs if. there stlil K any weakness.,
Saturday s race w»« won on nothing
fitter itsiei tnan than a brush home of two in S^r.lc
The r*!st of ihe 1 gelding's preparation had
:wn strong .
The ^ Trumr „ . , „
Tru m P b well up to wight. He .
carried 8.6 without any trouble on Satmday.
:
r.t_,,f„ j ui. _;„ ,..„ p„,l]ltn
^Manfrco, His sire, u on Uic Cuullicld
UJP m easy fashion with 8.6. the weight
The Trump has to carry. I Ho not think
3.6 will be beyond The Trump in the
mile and a half race but lie will have
to be carefully sheltered from penal-
_ emawara ironi piiwi
Clem Hill did not stack the weight
on him for last Saturday's race, which
war his first In nine months. Possibly
he thought 9.6 would be enough to bring'
^ to ftTfcld
so, instead u1«d of giving him a few pounds
!S more, 'which woiSf not have*
turprue, f
other*
e, "« jowerra we ouien.
Fit For A Win
There was no doubt that The Trump:
lit enough for the race, for our|
C«ulfk'ld correapoodent had written that
'!»• gelding was beaded for a win «t his
tlrst start.
He lud watchcd the rapid headway.
TVt Truiiib had made since his holiday,
-n mddoclu not far from his stabler.
»wl was convinced, that, in spite of the
urle f>jt work he had been given, the
Bfldin^ was ripe for the picking. :
Tne Trump never won races when 1M-'
*u burning up the trade*, and it is mure i
liitii 12 months unce Rcid clunged his I
:ne£iod of training him.
The Trump has what many another
|0od galloper hu not; he has a heart!
jt.d the will to work. He covers the
ground with strides quite out of keeping,
ui'Ji his height, and this i« one of the
1
"•vrets of Ills success.
There (j, seemingly, no effort in his
•p.loping, Y>.iui>iug, and ana he ne can always unwind
'•<•< extra bit nccaoary to win.
At the weights I expected he would I S
tlie Moondah field, but I did not
-ixte he would be giving Mamicu'
•nil wime other good sprinters 10 length i
<• lialf a mile, and that he would beat
t.Vrn so easily. ,
There was, merit In that effort that S
•'Ui'iot be overlooked. '
And did tbtwe who thought Stan <l
Held was atking too much of hJm
w early notice that he Mould
npt have blown out a candle on l
his nstvm lo ftrmlt?
,i
" only one could be certain that his
underpinning was sound and would
^1? 1 happy in the knowledge
^ ttrain ho would know what
411 that u
m
-
he docs
-
not nave to
"t®
gallop
knowledge
this
fellow to a standstill to have him 100
oer cent, foe the big races, but he'd be
jf he could see a
couple
of
" 1 "". " hcad But -
! l ke most trainers, lie is philoophical.
He is hoping for the best.
Seeing The Trump carrying so much
ondition
now—not
much of it superfluous.
eitlier-makes one wc wonder if he
\\ U
Hot KUuCnng from some
ume internal
mwri nui
complaint las, year, which made him so
poor looking and caused his mysterious
lameness.
Whatever it was. it has been cleared;
no now. and only his knees separate him
tfom a firit ^ dmIlce of eqo.Uingw
Poiicdon.s three Cups in succcstion.
There was no sign of lameness when
The Trump walke-cTin the birdcagc after
but tl>e sears of the firing iron
arc silent
reminders
that such was not
_i Iways the case.
Th* tpndencv to weakness is
there
but
hether it wi?l cause S^uble b fS
the future to decide.
If weaknesses were sought, about
of 50 w^ll perfonn^liorses would
fail to pass the test.
, .
^
^fhJLi^ nie'^-'ump is not such a
*™ aps l n e 1Tun,p ° ,
The
Trump
More
Solid
Than
Ever
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