SANDHURST ENDS CAREER
Leading Victoria Colt Breaks Dowa (N.Z Press Association—CopvHfM) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) kliU MELBOURNE, tebr* Sandhurst, Victoria’s top twe-j’Hd* old colt and probably the beat • Australia, ended his racing car Ste when he broke down badly in tnt First Trenton Stakes at Caulfield yesterday. Sandhurst was running second approaching the home turn, when punters were shocked to see hw* falter, and then drop right baa through the field. The jockey, J. Gilmore. could<no» pull Sandhurst up until he reach* the post, and an immediate vetagfo; ary Examination showed that the 9* had fractured both sesamoids of'fi* near foreleg. At the stables ofn-h* trainer. R. Webster, a fight is bejm made to save the colt from bsW destroyed. He is insured for £IOJT»Sandhurst won three times fro® four starts during the spring. \
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28513, 17 February 1958, Page 4
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