Should similar conditions to that of yesterday prevail on Cup Day, Coin Nut looks to be the best bet in the two mile event, with the lightweight, Kentle, second choice, For both are great mud-larks. Fine weather, in the interim, will place a different aspect on affairs, for yesterday's running in many cases was not nearly the true form of many Cup candidates who had outings in various events. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 706 wordsAs happy in the mud as a two-year-old kid, the Northern Rivers mare, Running Girl, made the rest of the Stradbroke crowd look like animated clothes' horses in the six furlong sprint at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday, when she won running ...
Article : 355 wordsPatrons of the members' stand at the Eagle Farm racecourse waxed enthusiastic as the winner of the King's Plate, run under weight for age conditions, returned to scale yesterday afternoon. Loud and lusty were their cheers, which ...
Article : 313 wordsPat O'Sullivan was the only one of the fifteen jockeys riding in the first division of the Trial Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday who was recognisable when he returned to scale, for, smart as ever at the barrier, he jumped his mount, Persse Fox, into the clear, and never ...
Article : 269 wordsDiffering from the reception accorded another winner earlier in the day, there was much hooting mingled with the applause which greeted the Derby winner, Kitty Paddington, as she cantered in a winner of the St. Leger Stakes by 12 lengths ...
Article : 341 wordsWhile the bookmakers stayed put on their perches beneath huge umbrellas in the betting ring at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday, punters generally searched for a drier spot after transacting their business. The above picture shows more moisture than men prior to the running of the Stradbroke Handicap. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsDon McInnes wore an outsize in smiles at the completion of the day's racing at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday, as in addition of hopping in for his cut in the several other good things which had materialised during the afternoon, he capped the performance by assisting to make ...
Article : 266 wordsFinishing strongly, Venoa, who had just failed at Albion Park last week, experienced little difficulty in accounting for the second division of the Trial Handicap at Ascot yesterday. ALTHOUGH she was recognised as ...
Article : 277 wordsFrom the time the barrier wasn't that any more in the Stradbroke Handicap the cry from a thousand [?]roats was "where is Chryso?" ...
Article : 264 wordsWhen Paddy Foley, who usually takes a very neat seat, was seen to be sitting up on Kentle like the last of the straight-backs in the First Novice Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting yesterday, the spectators began to ask the why and the wherefore. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 290 wordsWhen the commission for Canning Queen hit the ring just before barrier rise of the Hamilton Handicap at the Q.T.C meeting ...
Article : 228 wordsNorthern N.S.W. backers have won a fortune over the many successes of this mare. One supporter alone reaped a harvest of £12,000 over yesterday's race. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 52 wordsWhen the veteran Watty Blacklock says they will win, the [?] success isn't far off, and although this fellow missed last week-end, he didn't yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 5 Jun 1927, Page 2
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