DERBY AT SYDNEY
Tactile Fit For Heat
(NJ!. Free* Asm.—Copyright) SYDNEY, March 6. The New Zealand colt, Tactile, is shaping well for the New South Wales Pacers’ Derby. Tactile will run in a qualifying heat for the Derby on Friday night. Qualifiers will race in the £4OOO final on March 15.
The field for the Derby is one of toe beat for years. Tactile, winner of toe New Zealand Detoy >nd Great Northern Derby before hia South Australian Derby win on February 18, won a 12}furlong free-for-eU at toe Fairfield Gymkhana at the week-end.
After racing on toe outride of toe leader, Aussie Chimes, for moat of the journey. Tactile beat that horse by a length. He ran toe distance in 3min 30sec, a mile rate of 2min Baec, and clocked Imin Isec for his teat half-mile.
Fields, in barrier order, for the heats are:—
10.35 pan. N.Z. Time.—-First Heat, £550; ll%f.—Tactile (N.Z.), Brown Glove, Duke Winston, Pakeha (Vic.), Beatnik Boy, Polo Prince, Tara Monarch (Vic.), AH Free, Yonder Bay, Leadon, Rainbow’s Rhythm ft. 11 pm.’ N.Z. Time.—Second Heat, £550; 11 %f.—Friendly John, Halcyon Park, Milton Adios, Hal Regia, State Law (Vic.), Blazing Globe, Smoke Up, Billabong Chief, Mongoliey. Pirate Hall, Flaming Star It
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30074, 7 March 1963, Page 4
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204DERBY AT SYDNEY Press, Volume CII, Issue 30074, 7 March 1963, Page 4
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