SKIPTON AGAIN?

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 269, 12 November 1943, Page 5

SKIPTON AGAIN?

THE MELBOURNE CUP

FAMOUS RACE RUN TO-MORROW

P v n t 5 he Com nionwealth. S he™!f',S lch he established when 3 also ™ t J °' against a field of 39, ciiso another record. Incidentallv e EriS^nT , ,, 3 - 211 ' another'record'' 1 known ConnoHy. one of Australia's bestr pCnter *s™!£, c£ t! ? S and Passional a he? In tn™ Urs Skipton, the 1941 wina nei, in to-morrow's race 3 Ws r?H™° Okmake !' s lengthened Skip- > rZLRv ? T 6 ,, p ,? mt earJ y week, I j^ e M a fV^- e f t n ■RSSS-β lativn ?« eat, b , u t Skipton was in super--7 hi,i t " ■ and ' des Pite his 9.9, expected j nim to win. c t™ ,]l > tipped th ? t Skipton • was reaching °P f T olm Just before the Caulfield Cup, - added backed hlm for a &°od win," lie a n'ri H , e concede d Amana 121b in that race - and ian away from him in the straight. ~„ r s A ™ ana «as proved laimself the , best performer at iv.f.a. in Melbourne , miH? ea ?°iV ll 1S not d i ffi cult to gauge the J merit of the performance." Trainer's Keport Connolly said that Skipton's trainer I (the former New Zealander, J. Fryer) had told him that the horse was never . in better condition. "I rate Skipton one ow the best stayers ; m recent years," Connolly continued. •Dark Felt has a big pull in the [ weights on Skipton, having 191b the better of the w.f.a. scale. "As he is in splendid condition and at the peak of his form, he must be hard ! to beat. ■ "I will be surprised if one of the two . does not win." Four trainers between them will provide nine candidates, J. Fryer having the , favourite, Skipton, and Anthony L. Robertson Neutron and Counsel, G. Mcßae Saul and Claudette, and T. Lewis Valour, Fairway Freddy and Huntingdale. Fryer has won two Cups with Wotan and Skipton, and Robertson with ' Marabou.