Horses from the Downs districts have been winning on metropolitan courses with such frequency of late that with the faintest whisper of anything from that locality "going off," backers go in with their heads down. That was exactly what happened ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 318 wordsFrom the manner in which No Step spreadeagled the Plate field at Albion Park yesterday it would seem as if he is likely to develop into a particularly good class of "Creeker." In his other races of late he has been taking up a position close ...
Article : 313 wordsPersse's Double atoned for this failure at his previous start at Rosehill by taking out the first division of the Three-Year-Old ...
Article : 181 wordsThe Downs owned Future Hope, who made such a good impression on metropolitan racegoers when ...
Article : 80 wordsNotwithstanding the fact that King Grist had been badly beaten at Ascot recently, there were a number of racegoers ...
Article : 190 wordsStarting at prohibitive odds on for the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill to-day, the Doncaster favorite, The Hawk, duly won, but it was only by a neck that he downed Whittier. Ere the numbers had been hoisted some of the bookmakers who ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 342 wordsOne of the fancied candidates for the Doncaster who will not lose friends as a result of his showing in the Second ...
Article : 172 wordsMountain, Song was running on at the end of the Rawson Stakes, and her position at the end of this race was a much better performance than at her previous appearance here, when she was downed by Golden Knight ...
Article : 106 wordsAcreite has been showing such in and out form of late, as well as a dislike to the barrier, that when George Tucker was ...
Article : 230 wordsAs the fielders were observed packing up their tools of trade as soon as the horses contesting the Purse, at Albion Park yesterday had passed the post, it may be taken for granted that the favorite hadn't won. ...
Article : 383 wordsWhen an owner has two horses in the one race, and backs 'em both, the inference is that he thinks he has two chances of winning. Apparently Mr. E. G. Blume, who races under the nom de course ...
Article : 345 wordsTrainer Danny Lewis has no reason to feel dissatisfied with the form of his Cup hope, Polycletan, in the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill to-day, as the son of Polycrates finished third and was going as strongly at the end as at any stage of the race. ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Adrian Knox Stakes winner, Valdoona, was backed for a small fortune for the Doncaster during the week, and it is ...
Article : 163 wordsCould Beauford come back after an absence from the racecourse of 18 months? Thousands of racegoers asked themselves that question when Beauford came down to Sydney during the week. They went to ...
Article : 540 wordsThe boom which has enshrouded the grey back country gelding Gidyea Prince was exploded at Albion Park yesterday ...
Article : 229 wordsOne of the most meritorious performances seen at Albion Park for a long time was that of Wivenhoe, who accounted for the First Division yesterday. Squeezed out soon after the start, and after receiving anything but a smooth passage in ...
Article : 347 wordsBackers got a severe facer when Valiard met with defeat in the second division of the Rosehill Railway Handicap to-day, for the son of Valais was a hot pot and he rules as favorite for the Doncaster until The Hawk was backed last week. ...
Article : 336 wordsValiant's easy win in the first division of the Rosehill Railway Handicap to-day brings him well into the limelight as ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 29 Mar 1925, Page 2
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