George Leonard showed that he has not been keeping Royal Debate in clover, just because he likes the look of the horse, for Helena Vale this week-end “happy go lucky” George did a little cleaning up, and made his bow to the racing public as a ...
Article : 436 wordsM. KIRKE, who is apprenticed to his dad, E. Kirke, enjoyed the first fruits of victory from a riding point of view at Helena Vale this week, ...
Article : 211 wordsDILL Curtis’s mare, Coette has seen better racing days than was disclosed by the form she displayed in the Flying Handicap at ...
Article : 163 wordsBACKERS got one back on bookmakers in the Breeders’ Plate at Helena Vale this week. When the boys of the village saw that Cobrason was a starter, they slipped into their, running shoes and made a dash at the books. ...
Article : 437 wordsMAKING THE GAME PAY.— (Left to right) : W.A.T.C. President Ernest Lee Steere, Morris Edwards and Dr. Theodore Ambrose, who in the last five years’ racing seasons in the West have won over £20,000 in stakes between them. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 words“TOMMIES” fielding at Helena Vale got pretty hot and bothered over the hurdle race. In a field of five they were at their wits’ end as to what to make a favorite. They had Baverpix and Pelman equal 2 to 1 favorites early, and then a biscuit ...
Article : 458 wordsWhen three Perth sports, Furza Brady, Bill Avins and Wilbur Wright returned from their world tour a few weeks ago, they were ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 213 wordsBACKERS evidently knew their onions in the Trial Stakes at the ’Vale, for in a field of ten starters they only backed three horses at a better price ...
Article : 270 wordsJOCKEY Tim Tully, who held a W.A.T.C. license up till twelve months ago, when he did not get his brief renewed, Is still in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 136 wordsALTHOUGH bitterly disappointed with the showing made by Waterline in the Memsie Stakes to-day, Adam Skirving still hasn’t lost hope of being able to win the A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap, which is the mission of the New Zealander. ...
Article : 333 words“ANOTHER place,” someone-said said to Harry Valentine as he was weighing in after the hurdles. “Yes,” replied Val, “but what a ...
Article : 79 wordsJockey Bob Morley, who earned six months’ suspension on Perth Cup day ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 952 wordsFollowing on rumors that paid officials were interested in horses registered with the W.A. Trotting Association, all officers, as well as the entire ground staff, had to respond to an invitation to ...
Article : 106 wordsA well-known WAT.C committee man got more than he bargained for at Helena Vale this week, when he went into the betting business with his head down and dived on all the 10’s and 8’s on offer about Idun, Solly Marks’ mare. ...
Article : 354 wordsOCCASIONALLY at the metropolitan race meetings horses are backwards. That is to say they suffer from a touch of ...
Article : 223 wordsJust to give some idea of the amount of cash that Cobrason lifted out of the betting ring, big bets laid by the “Bar Vons’ make ...
Article : 97 wordsWAS it any wonder that Perth business man and good sportsman, Gordon Johnston, laughed heartily at the Ambassadors Theatre on Wednesday night. He enjoyed the programme, and perhaps was one of the very few that felt “ticked to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 587 wordsTWO big dividends were paid at Cheltenham to-day. Petadora, who won the Juvenile Handicap, paid £52/5/ for even ...
Article : 64 wordsThose in the betting ring who look for the lend to find out what bookmaker Jack Maher thought of the chances of his horse, Bel Rouge, in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 118 wordsJACK SIMMONS has been focussing most of his attention on square gaiters lately, and after successes with Headwind, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 144 wordsAfter having a profitable time last season in India, Alby Sibbritt, who served his apprenticeship in the West, and rode many ...
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