Nearly every big meeting is productive of disappointments, and autumn racing at Randwick is not proving an exception. Many trainers are pondering over the failures of their horses. No one received a more unpleasant surprise than A. Skirving, who was totally ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 1,493 wordsRunners will not be numerous, but to-day's weight-for-age races should be interesting. The All-Aged Stakes was fought out by Amounts and Nightmarch last year, the former winning. Backers thought their chances so equal that each ...
Article : 707 wordsIT'S the optimist who makes a success of the racing game, and the place where optimism, finds its greatest expression is at the yearling sales. ...
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Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), Wed 8 Apr 1931, Page 4
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