Had racegoers been running round blindfold in a power house they could not have received as many shocks, as were handed out to them at the May Day. meetings of Saturday and Wednesday last. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 407 wordsKymatta, the cuddy who breaks watches and backers, isn't likely to break, jockey Syd Bennett, ven though that rider was fined a cuppla quid by the Q.T.C. stewards for hitting the horse over the head at the conclusion of the Second Novice ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 403 wordsWHETHER Fuji San will be a starter in the Stradbroke is a matter which is causing some punters to lose their sleep at ...
Article : 142 wordsBACKERS with notions of getting in on the Stradbroke and Cup by way of the early doors find that while there are innumerable ...
Article : 139 wordsWhen the rider of Speararm at the previous mooting at Albion Park took a short cut under the neck of Fayalo and skittled that ...
Article : 183 wordsFow would begrudge the success of Eileen Lily in the Purse at Albion Park yesterday. Certainty the books would not for they had ...
Article : 133 wordsNotwithstanding the defeat of this colt in the mile and a half May Day Handicap be finished on so we under his impost of 8.12 that he looks likelier than ever for the St. Leger. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsWith Arthur Davis just about able to sit up and take a little nourishment after an attack of "'flu," Billy Shipton was the hoop selected for Fairy Bliss in the Third Division at Albion Park yesterday, and he brought her home singing ragtime. ...
Article : 243 wordsSeredale is a horse that taken a lot of riding, and in the First Division at Albion Park yesterday he got it. George Tucker got busy on him along the back of the course, and he never let up until the post was passed, at which spot the ...
Article : 288 wordsWolo who had run a good second to Fairy Bliss at his previous start at Albion Park, was sorted out as the good goods for yesterday's Fourth Division, when he not only won, but drew marked attention to his prospects in the Central ...
Article : 326 wordsWith the apprentice J. Carney replacing Des. O'Connor as the rider of Zoteona, the Amberdown filly went within a ace of ...
Article : 158 wordsDane John, who won a Toowoomba Cup in the days when the club in that city used to hold Cup meetings has been figuring in a ...
Article : 211 wordsPaddy Foley, the vigorous youth who rode Ajax to victory in the Heavyweight Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting on Wednesday, fell foul of the stewards for some interference at the top of the straight, and was suspended for a month. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 302 wordsThat useful animal, The Coop or cams to light in the Albion Park Plate yesterday, when a weighty commission which was launched in his favor proved that his success did not catch his connections on the hop. ...
Article : 289 wordsAmberdown's progeny are keeping that sire well in the limelight of late, and although Amberma, the three-year-old gelding from Louvicma, could only connect with the second largest slice of prize money in the Fourth Division at the Albion Park meeting yesterday, there was ...
Article : 176 wordsPromotion to Plate company put a stop to the winning sequence of the Chipilly gelding. Huntsman, who never got out of the dust in ...
Article : 164 wordsWhile some fancied candidates in the First Division at Albion Park yesterday didn't put up any performances worthy of a letter ...
Article : 135 wordsPopular opinion is that the in create of the distance of Trial Handicaps at Q.T.C. Meeting from six furlongs to seven was for purpose of reducing the size of the fields, but while there was little material alteration in the nomination of that class of competitor it looks ...
Article : 308 wordsFyrish Blue enabled her many backers in the Second Division at Albion Park yesterday to sample a variety of emotions ere she placed the issue beyond doubt. THIS was approaching the home ...
Article : 197 wordsWhen the handicapper is to be criticised for calling upon the five-year-old Valais gelding, Fuji San, to carry only 11.4 in the Stradbroke, while the next best is 251b. further down the scale, and others as far away as 671b., we feel almost tempted to suggest that "The Farm" be used as such in future and our blue-blooded quadrupeds harnessed to the plough. ...
Article : 756 wordsFar from being the class of her deceased brother, Fairy Bob, the filly is nevertheless proving a handy "Creeker." She won her second on end at Albion Park yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsThis fellow came from behind at life previous appearance, but c he went there in yesterday's First Division. His jockey, W. Cross, is to be reported to the Q.T.C committee as an incompetent rider. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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