WEIGHTS FOR BIG CUPS

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29264, 23 July 1960, Page 6

WEIGHTS FOR BIG CUPS

Declaration This Week-end

(N4B. Pre** Association—Copyright) The Vi«^>rS ; r*c^ Ii Sndtoapper», Krf*6lub. f of the Victoria Racing Club, put the finishing touche* yesterday to . the lilt* of weight* they will announce *• CauUWd #nd eighteenth successive year, but this yeart Melbourne Cup weight* will be th* first to be framed by Mr Ryan. dirapp«“earller > ttiS? CharCTJvlT Ot ~U * Mor* than 440 horse* are engaged in thi* yew’s Caulfield Cup and 458 In the Melbourne Cup. They include th* largest entry on record from New ZealandWith the New Zealand-bred champion Tulloch engaged in both race* the handicappers will not have to look far tor their top-weight. Tulloch, winner of £73.718 In . has been aw*rd*d topweighi in both cups tor the last two ha * contested only one Caulfield Cup which he won with 7-8 as a three-year-old in 1957. He ha* not started in a Melbourne Cup. In 1958 he had 10-3 in the Caulfield Cup and 10-1 In the Melbourne Cup. La«t year he was given 10-4 at Caulfield and 10-3 in the Melbourne Cup. Tulloch was installed this yew’s Melbourne Cup favourite as soon as charts were issued after entries Closed for the cups last month. He is now on the third line of favouritism for the Caulfield Cup.