Farewell To Rising Fast
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, December 23. The champion galloper Rising Fast bade farewell to- racing at the Avondale meeting today. He was paraded down the straight, ridden by his jockey G. F Hughes, and returned to the winning post at a strong canter.
There was an impressive ceremony just in front of the members’ stand when a garland of flowers, made up of ‘ the horse’s racing colours, was placed niUnd his neck by Mrs J. B. O’Loghlen, wife of the president of the Avondale Club. Purchased as a yearling for 350 guineas. Rising Fast won 24 races and earned £66.765 in stakes.
At the presentation, the owner (Mr L R. Spring), said he had been approached from all quarters to parade Rising Fast at various race meetings but, after studying the travelling entailed, he had decided to make today’s parade a permanent retirement, leaving the horse sound in wind and limb.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28159, 24 December 1956, Page 12
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