THE question of whether it pays to back favorites is one that has been discussed a thousand times, and still that is the horse the bookmaker is most willing to lay, and the punter most anxious to back. An ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,399 wordsTHERE are close on 150 jumpers being prepared on the training tracks in Melbourne for the winter meetings leading up to the Nationals. As we are now on the eve of the jumping season in Victoria the appended ...
Article : 666 wordsALTHOUGH she failed to win the Imperial Handicap outright at Ascot on Saturday, Studio who started a hot favorite, ...
Article : 848 wordsPOOLEY BRIDGE, winner of the Iast Grand National and Australian Hurdle races, will begin his winter preparation in the next few weeks. He may be seen in action over fences this time. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsTHE Evil One must have cast a spell over the Trial Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday. There were 13 runners. It was a race of sensational character: four horses crashed and three riders — F. Dummett, N. Bracken and W. Johnson ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 418 wordsRoute March, a 3-year-old gelded son of March Along, who had never been on a racecourse before, provided a sensation at Ascot on Saturday, when he won the opening event, the Charlemont Encourage Handicap. The first and second favorites filled ...
Article : 447 wordsGAYBROOKE (Gay Lothario —Torbrooke). —Beaten in the last stride (8.9) by Route March in the Ascot Charlemont Encourage Handicap, 6f. (1st div.), after ...
Article : 320 wordsWARWICKEYE, who was to have run in the King’s Plate at Ascot, Brisbane, last Saturday, broke down badly and will not race again. Warwickeye ...
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Article : 5 wordsBACKED from 25/1 down to 7/1, King Merlin on Saturday won the Stradbroke Handicap, Queensland’s, classic sprint in 1 min, 12 sec, Jocular, winner ...
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Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), Wed 5 May 1937, Page 3
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