AUSTRALIAN RACING

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27499, 5 November 1954, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN RACING

LADY MOGAMBO WINS OAKS STAKES WEIGHT-FOR -AGE VICTORY TO PRINCE CORTAULD (NJS. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 9 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 4. Lady Mogambo left no doubt about her claim to being the best filly in Australia when she ran away with the Oaks Stakes at Flemington this afternoon. Having only her seventh start in a race, she completed the classic double for fillies. She had previously won the One Thousand Guineas at the Caulfield Cup meeting. Lady Mogambo, which is*raced on lease by a tally clerk on the Geelong wharf, was sensationally backed from 5 to 2 to a fl to 4 favouritism. She was always going freely, handy to the leaders, on the rails, and when the Sydney jockey, Billy Gamer, gave her a cut with the whip at the two furlongs, she dashed to the lead and won running away, with Camer riding her with hands and heels. The veteran jockey. Darby Munro, made a bold attempt to score a tactical victory over young Camer when he took Honeyflow to the front at the start, slowed the field down, dropped back to second at*the half-mile, and came again to lead clearly into the Straight. However, Honeyflow was no match for the winner, although she hung on well to defeat a Sydney filly, Travel Free, for third place. Travel Free had been classed, until Lady Mogambo’s appearance, the best filly in Australia.

Lady Mogambo’s win increased the growing thought that horses -by the re-cently-imported sire, Woodruffe, would prove top-class provided they were given time. Results:— NOVEMBER HURDLE RACE, .. .. Of £lOOO. Two miles and a half. PEERLESS FOX 9-13 .. .. Carter 1 Providore 9-6 .. .. Anderson 2 David’s King 9-9 Randall 2 Twelve starters. Three end a half lengths; six lengths. Time, 4min 32sec (course hecord). Betting: 7*s Peerless Fox; s*s Providore; 2*s (favourite) David’s King. BYRON MOORE STAKES, Of £lOOO. Two-year-olds. Five furlongs. KNAVE 8-s Ward 1 Sendiri 8-o Weir 2 Sharatz 8-2 .. McGrowdie 3 Twelve starters. Three and a half lengths; two lengths. Time, Imin 01 sec. Betting: 9 to 4 Knave; 11 to 8 on Sendiri; 33’s Sharatz. LINLITHGOW STAKES, Of £l5OO. Weight-for-age. One mile. PRINCE CORTAULD 9-0 .. Ward 1 Flying Halo 9-2 .. .. Heather 2 Nealing 9-0 .. .. .. Burton 3 Five starters. Three lengths; seven lengths. Time, Imin 36jsec. Betting: 13 to 8 on (favourite) Prince Cortauld; 6 to 4 Flying Halo; 40’s Nealing. OAKS STAKES, Of £4OOO. ThrOe-year-old fillies. One ’ mile and a half. LADY MOGAMBO 8-10 .. Camer 1 Honeyflow 8-10 .. .. Munro 2 Travel Free 8-10 .. .. Hutchinson 3 Seventeen starters. Two and a half lengths; three lengths. Time, 2min 331 sec. i Betting: 6 to 4 (favourite) Lady Mogambo ; 10’s Honeyflow; 4 to 1 Travel Free. CARNIVAL HANDICAP, Of £loob*. Three-year-olds. One mile and a quarter. TRANQUIL SUN 7-3 .. .. Faux 1 Tradfield 8-8 • ■ .; .. Burton 2 Irish Forest 7-10 .. Ford 3 Twelve starters. Two lengths; three-quarters of a length. Time, 2min 3Jsec. Betting: 16’s Tranquil Sun; 13 to 2 Tradfield; 11 to 2 Irish Forest; 7 to 4 (favourite) Stibium. VETERAN STAKES, Of £lOOO. One mile apd a half. CHIDDEN 8-1 .. .. McGrowdie 1 Sun Charm 7-10 .. .. Hutchinson 2 Sun Salute 7-13 .. .. Camer 3 Ten starters. Half a length; head. Time, 2min 30isec. Betting: 7’s Chidden; 5 to 2 Sun Charm; 7’s Sun Salute; 9 to 4 (favourite) Frank-