IF SOMEONE HAD FLUNG A decent-sized brick into the middle of the crowd at Ascot yesterday, they couldn't have surprised 'em more than the Valais gelding, Varalba, did when he arrived ahead of the procession in the main race of the day, St. Patrick's Handicap, with three times his own length to spare from his nearest follower. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 718 wordsPUNTERS GOT a decent sock in the eye from the result of the Open Handicap at Ascot yesterday. Kidding themselves they had it fined down to four chances, they totally neglected the prospects of Will Yet, but trainer ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 834 wordsWILL YET SURPRISED RACEGOERS it Ascot in the Open Handicap, when he won by a length from Polmania, with Hourly third. The judge said the latter was only three-quarters of a length away, but the picture makes it more than that. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsMICKY CROCKETT would have copped some leg theory himself if he'd got into a game of cricket with Lady Dessling's backers after the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 744 wordsThough only three favorites out of seven scored at Ascot yesterday, the bagmen didn't get any fortune out of the day's ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 364 wordsPrior to the last race at Ascot yesterday, most punters were about as happy as a cow that's been separated from its calf, but ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 392 wordsNot many trainers would be game to go for a plunge on a prad that Hadn't had a run for 14 months, but that shrewd ...
Article : 278 wordsBackers made a better fist of the first division of the Trial Handicap at Ascot yesterday than they'd done in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,208 wordsPunters crashed like the American banks as a result of the opening race, the Nursery Handicap, at Ascot yesterday. ...
Article : 437 wordsOodles of Oscar Asche for Mabel's Plume in the second division of the Trial at Ascot yesterday made many punters change their minds. ...
Article : 420 wordsWhat's the difference between getting a professional punter to put twenty pounds on a horse for you and getting nearly one-pound bettors to put a quid ...
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Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954), Sun 12 Mar 1933, Page 2
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