Swab Requested By Owner
The dismal failure of Cashmere in the Doncaster Handicap at Washdyke on Saturday was the cause of considerable concern to his Wingatui owner-trainer. Mr C. H. Wallis. After the race, in which Cashmere finished m a long gap at the rear. Mr Wallis aporoached the stipendiary steward In charge of the meet--1281 B ‘ and requested that the horse be swabbed. The Riccarton jockey. C. T. Wilson, who rode Cashmere, was questioned, but could not account for the horse s poor performance. Cashmere had began smartly and was prominent ■ m the running Until the field reached tne half-mile, but from there be gradually drifted right out. • • ' Later in the day the veterinary surgeon reported that in his opinion the horse had suffered a slight attack of colic. - ’
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28939, 6 July 1959, Page 4
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