That brilliancy at the beginning, plus pertinacity at the other end of her races, which the Modesto mare, Fyrish Blue, had previously been demonstrating, and which had her always at the head of the quotations on the Thousand, enabled her to ...
Article : 569 wordsThings happen with such frequency at Kedron Park that on those rare occasions when something in the nature of a keystone comedy is not staged the Club's customers go away with a feeling that they have not received their full money's worth. ...
Article : 572 wordsWithout wasting any time in consideration the stewards upheld a protest on behalf of the Chipilly mare, Chipwood, after the First Division had been run at Albion Park yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 336 wordsOcto showed signs of solidarity when he ran on resolutely in a recent Second Division to defeat Maggie's Dream, and incidentally ...
Article : 204 wordsIn the establishing of an alibi for the wide and wicked way travelled by Balmain in the Third Division at the last Kedron Park meeting it was stated that the gelding was frightened and would not pass his horses. ...
Article : 321 wordsQuite a number of racing enthusiasts have been awaiting with more [?] the backing of the Highfield mare, High Scene. ...
Article : 174 wordsTom Carroll was not long in showing a profit for Mr. R. Varley on his purchase of Mr. A. H. Whittingham's cast off Clairvaux, as the Thousand winner of 1924 accounted for the Second Division in good style at the Albion Park meeting ...
Article : 286 wordsFluking the ride on Fayale in the first division of the Fourth Division at Albion Park yesterday, George Tucker proved to be just the little jock for that slugga[?]d by jumping him into the clear at barrier rise and keeping him in that position throughout. ...
Article : 292 wordsAlthough his attempt to slow down the field at the half mile, in the second spasm of the Fourth Division at Albion Park yesterday wac crudely executed, it certainly brought about the desired result for the apprentice rider of Pretty Joey. ...
Article : 260 wordsTaking charge of affairs two arid a half furlongs from home, Fyrish Blue won the Brisbane Thousand by a head from The Cooper. Third place was awarded to Chippewa, who is wide out in the picture, while Seredale, who appears to fill that situation, was placed fourth. Siege Lass, three lengths further back, is on the outside of Baverlin, while Gillipill is next. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 wordsIt took the bookmakers some time to get into their stride for straight out business on the Stradbroke and Cup, but having felt the pulse of the punting public with doubles, they are now launching out in their usual dashing style, and many large wagers on the sprint have been booked during the week. Chryso has ruled favorite ever since his splendid second to Running Girl in Tattersall's Flying last Week end, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 789 wordsWhen it was recently discovered that the Thousand candidate, Wee Glen, was suffering from pyorrhea, and his response to the subsequent treatment was such that he was stretching his ears for the sound of the dinner gong and knocking big chunks off the time of his formerly ...
Article : 296 wordsAlthough Hornery, the jocklet whom Charlie McLoughlin brought back from Sydney, was content to take things easy on Lyondown over the greater part of the Plate distance yesterday, he had to show his skill at kicking 'em out before the race was over, and under his ...
Article : 278 wordsWITH whispers of the buzz of the battery being heard loud in the land, the stipendiary stewards at the Albion Park meeting yesterday, decided to run the rule over every jockey riding in the Thousand. ...
Article : 204 wordsWHEN George Tucker stepped into the breach yesterday and took the place of the jockey H. Young, who had been, injured prior to the running of the first race at Alston Park he sacrificed a ride on Seradale in the Thousand. ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 29 May 1927, Page 2
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