Anyone who endeavors to detract from the prospects held by Silvius of winning the Melbourne Cup has only one reed to lean on—that is past history, which shows that invariably the winner of the Melbourne Stakes meets with defeat in the Cup. Champions and near champions have tried to land this double with the same inevitable result, until it has ...
Article : 1,075 wordsMEDIUM OF MUCH MONEY.—Big wagers have been laid on Murillo for the Cup, the move being led by Eric Connolly, who won't have it that the horse can lose. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsTHREE IN A ROW.—Mollison, the aptly named third foal of Queensland's best ever, Molly's Robe, by his Maribyrnong Blate success at Remington yesterday, completed the hat trick. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsThings looked pretty blue for Sydney punters by the time the Cantala Stakes came round to-day, as three heavily-backed candidates from New South Wales had gone down in succession and left the men from the Harbor City with a big deficit to face. However, they decided to die ...
Article : 486 wordsAfter blowing from fours to fourteens in the first division of to-day's Three and Four-Years-Old Handicap at Moorefield, Tribute paid further tribute to punters' foolishness by winning. It was only a week since Tribute had finished a ...
Article : 366 wordsNOW that Silvius has proved himself at weight for age by defeating such a proved crack as Amounis, racegoers generally, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 358 wordsIN the Moorefield Handicap old Night Heron, who is by the English Leger winner, Night Hawk, out of a St. Alwyne mare, ran true to his breeding, and outstayed the moderate rate lot opposed to him and won easily from Hinchinbrook. ...
Article : 128 wordsSILVIUS was only a point shorter than Trivalve to-night, with Murillo another point away. After the racing was over, the books had Silvius at less than half odds against the other two, but the demand was all for them, so Silvius eased a point and a half. ...
Article : 75 wordsDerbies were primarily introduced to test the stamina of three-year-olds, but they have been won by animals who were found later to possess very little staying power. This year's Victorian Derby, however, was true to the tradition it was intended to convey, as Trivalve scored by superior stamina. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 623 wordsPrecedent carries a lot of weight in racing, and because year after year the Melbourne Stakes winner invariably goes down in the Cup race, it is looked upon as a poor guide to the big two mile race. However, precedents are only made to be broken, and it looks as if Silvius is going to break this one on Tuesday. Although he ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 765 wordsINTERVIEWED by the stipendiary stewards as to the reason for Ramulus dropping back after covering a couple of furlongs in the Maribyrnong Plate, J. Pike, rider of the colt, states that it was due to his purposely easing ...
Article : 109 wordsOnly real good ones can hope to win the Maribyrnong Plate under a penalty, and so Mollison joins the select band of top-notch, two-year-olds, who have performed this feat. In winning to-day he impressed even more than in his previous ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 30 Oct 1927, Page 2
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