AUSTRALIAN RACING

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27665, 23 May 1955, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN RACING

MAINLANDER WINS AT WARWICK FARM Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 22. Mainland er led most of the way and raced away to a good lead at the Leger and went on to win easily the May Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday. Result:— k WARWICK MAY HANDICAP, Of £lOOO. One mile and three furlongs. MAINLANDER 7-13 Ward 1 Spencer 6-11 Bridge 2 Talisman, 8-9 Cassidy 3 There were eight starters. Three lengths; three-quarters of a length. Time, 2min 17Jsec. Betting: 9 to 4, 10 to 1. 1 to 1. WIN FOR DEBITED (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE, May 22. Debited won the Empire Handicap at the Moonee Valley Racing Club’s meeting yesterday. Result:— EMPIRE HANDICAP, Of £lOOO. One mile and five furlongs. DEBITED 8-0 Hutchinson 1 Aquila 7-12 Purtell 2 Sir Magnus 7-11 .. .. Shaw 3 Eleven started. Five lengths; two lengths. Time, 3min 1 7-10 sec. Betting: 11 to 8, 9 to 2, 20 to 1. ENGLISH DERBY ON WEDNESDAY RESULT DIFFICULT TO PREDICT (NJZ. Press Association-Copyright) LONDON, May 20. The Derby, which will be run on Wednesday next, will be worth £18,500 to the winner, compared with £16,960 last yeai and the record figure of £20,487 won b:> Tulyar in 1952. Racing men say that seldom has the problem of finding a winner appeared more baffling, for hardly any of the more fancied candidates has competed against worthy opposition. The exception to this is Our 'Babu, which won the Two Thousand Guineas against the best milers in Europe. This horse, however, has never run. over a greater distance than a mile, whereas the Derby is half a mile further. Acropolis is a brother to Alycidon, a magnfiicent stayer. His sire is Donatello 11. bred in Italy from English parentage. This horse was unbeaten in Italy, but as a sire did not distinguish himself. Racing writers say that there seems little else of much merit trained in Britain with the exception of True Cavalier, by the French Derby winner, Prince Chevalier. The opposition from France is hard to assess, for the standard there this season has been low. AGA KHAN SELLS NINE YEARLINGS TO BE FLOWN TO MEXICAN MILLIONAIRE (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) A „ LONDON, May 20. The Aga Khan, who for the first time for 25 years has no horses in training in England this season, has sold nine of his best-bred yearlings to the Mexican millionaire, Mr Ralph* Lowe. yearlings include a full-brother to the Derby winner, Tulyar. The nine yearJings have been sent by air to America. In the last few years the Aga Khan has been cutting down the number of horses he has in training, and also the number of brood mares in his studs. Last 25 horses at Saratoga for yar tor 2S‘ ng ’ half - brother Tul-

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