A UNIQUE RECORD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 138, 14 June 1938, Page 16

A UNIQUE RECORD.

WAITAKI GIRL'S CAREER.

Although the best racehorses do not always make the best stud propositions, one who has left her mark as a pacer appears likely to prove a most successful brood mare is Waitaki Girl, winner of innumerable races and one of the most brilliant pacers ever bred in the Dominion.

Before retiring to the stud in 1930 Waitaki Girl, who was particularly partial to soft going, won over various distances and held the unique distinction of having won the King George Handicap at Addington on four consecutive occasions. As this is one of the most important events in the trotting calendar the merit of her record ia apparent. Her best times included: Two miles in 4.22 and one mile and a quarter in 2.41 3-5. Only seven mares have succeeded in bettering two miles, and they are: Silver deOyoßegal Vovage, Dilworth, Mountain Dell (4.19 4-5), Parisienne (4.20 3-5), Free Advice (4.21), and Enawah (4.21 2-5).

Now Waitaki Girl is represented on the race track by Waitaki Power, said to be one of the speediest improvers up to a mile and a half in commission (he has already taken a record of 3.15), and Ked Ranger, another pacy customer with a mile and a quarter in 2.41 2-5 to his credit.