Because of the runaway win that Strephon recorded in the Vic. Derby he will in all probability got o[?] very hot-priced favorite for the Melbourne Cup. HE certainly is quite entitled to be ...
Article : 767 wordsNever in recent years has a Victorian Derby been run in more convincing fashion than was this afternoon's blue riband event, for Strephon, in addition to leading most of the way, cleared out from the opposition two furlongs from home, and ...
Article : 612 wordsALTHOUGH a slight shower had fallen earlier in the day and Amounts is not though to be much good in wet going. Ned Moss gave him ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 87 wordsAS a result of this afternoon's racing at Flemington the betting on the Melbourne Cup has undergone a considerable change. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 135 wordsAfter Gothic was beaten in the Caulfield Cup he went, off a little, and Sol Green said that he wouldn't start him at the Flemington meeting unless he was quite sure that the black was in good condition. Consequently, when it was known he was to be starter in the Melbourne ...
Article : 329 wordsNone of the local trainers have anything on Jim Scobie when it comes to getting a hone cherry ripe without racing him in public. Time and time again he has managed to win an important race with a horse he has had in smoke for months, and ...
Article : 227 wordsAfter the races at Flemington this afternoon, it was officially reported that Prince Humphrey, ridden by J. Munro in the V.R.C. ...
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Advertising : 670 wordsTHERE were two men who were all smiles after the Melbourne Stakes to-day. They were Sol Green and Billy Kelso ...
Article : 91 wordsHaving now completed the hat trick, Parkwood, who has won the only three two-year-old races that he has started in, can be regarded as easily the best of the local youngsters. As a result of his earlier successes he had to carry a 10 pound penalty in the Maribyrnong Plate ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 344 wordsWHEN Gilt Edge came into the ring as a yearling he looked so nice that A. T. Craig had to go to five thousand guineas before ...
Article : 118 wordsUnless we are very much mistaken, the mare that will win the V.R.C. Oaks was a runner in the Maiden Plate, a mile sprint event ...
Article : 286 wordsONE of the biggest bets laid at Flemington this afternoon was made by a lady. She comes from Sydney, and it is said always has a poultice on ...
Article : 125 wordsSince Highland, who won the Cantala Stakes to-day, started winning for Jack Holt, he was proved a veritable gold mine. It was rather remarkable how Highland came into Holt's possession, as when the Highfield gelding came down from Queensland Jack Holt saw him run in a ...
Article : 361 wordsLilyland, in a gallop during the week, stoushed no less a celebrity than High Syce, so that backers forgave him all his former failures, ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 4 Nov 1928, Page 3
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