Tighter Ballot Conditions
IN.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MELBOURNE, January 24. Only the best qualified horses would be permitted to start in this year’s Melbourne Cup, the Victoria Racing Club's chairman (Sir Chester Manifold) said last night. » "Balloting conditions for the 1961 Melbourne Cup will have to be much more severe so that Inferior horses go out,” Sir Chester Manifold said. “Good cup horses cannot have their prospects ruined by horses unable to hold their place in the race. “This was obvious in the Centenary Melbourne Cup. "Interference did occur through the slowness of some horses, and not the carelessness of the riders,” he added. The VJR.C. already has taken a preliminary step to ensure a better field in the 1961 cup. Last week it announced a decision to reduce the number of starters from 32 to 26.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29421, 25 January 1961, Page 4
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136Tighter Ballot Conditions Press, Volume C, Issue 29421, 25 January 1961, Page 4
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