EQUIPOISE BEATEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 232, 2 October 1933, Page 12

EQUIPOISE BEATEN.

HAVRE DE GRACE HANDICAP. WINOOKA GIVES EXHIBITION GALLOP. NEW YORK, September 30. The Australian thoroughbred Winooka was given a bis ovation at Havre tie Grace, .Maryland, to-day by 25,000 racegoers when lie breezed along the stretch prior to the Havre dc Grace Handicap. Equipoise finished a length .behind Osculator in this race. Mate finished, third a little over a length behind Equipoise and Dark Secret was fourth. It was a heartbreaking race for Mr. Whitney's entry. He was forced behind in the early stages of the race when the field was bunched. He gradually fought his way to the fore, passim? Mate in the stretch, and apparently was headed for first place, but the impost of 9.6 proved too much for him, and he could not catch the flying Osculator, who was carrying only 7.G. Equipoise pulled up in none too good shape. Mr. Naylor says he proposes now to try and arrange for a race between Winooka and Equipoise at the Maryland State Fair. If a contest cannot be arranged, an effort will be made for the Australian champion to meet the next best horse in North America over six. or not more than seven, furlong in October. Mr. Poison says the report that Winooka was to be shipped to England to meet- the best horse there if a match with Equipoise failed to materialise -was unfounded. REHANDICAPS DECLARED. AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB. The following rehandieaps have been declared for the first day of the Avondale Jockey Club's meeting:— Kingsland High-weight Handicap.—Cape Fair. 31b, making 10.4. Flying Handicap.—Foreign Queen, 31b, making S.o. Acceptances for all events, including the Champion Hack Plate, to be run on the first day .of the Avondale Jockey Club's spring meeting, close with the secretary, Mr. A. J. Farquhar. at o p.m. next Friday.