HEAVY BETTING ON DOUBLE
INCREASED TURNOVER
AT RICCARTON Light rain fell for most of New land Cup day at Riccarton on Saturw and by the end of the programme W surface of the track was lifting sligW The on-course totalisator was £152,725 compared wits £133,083 10® on Cup day last year. Heavy doubles betting was of New Zealand-wide interest in tn« New Zealand Cup and Steward Handicap. From all sources ElOl-JJ was invested on the aaupie, £86,710 10s coming - from T.AJ»agencies. / The New Zealand Cup winner. Dormant, was favourite on the double, carrying 36057 j 10s tickets, but Maj® was more heavily supported on wj course. Golden Tan was the tmra favourite, and next in favour The Hob—-The Lum bracket. Clinker was a hot favourite for u*’ Stewards’ Handicap, the second W He carried 11,377 tickets more than the winner, Hush Money. Clinker third. The double dividend was £l9 l« w £l.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27501, 8 November 1954, Page 4
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