TOMBOB AMISS

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30146, 1 June 1963, Page 5

TOMBOB AMISS

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In Doubt

"The Press’ Special Service DUNEDIN. May 31. Tombob, a form runner and a light-weight fancy for the Winter Handicap, is unlikely to take his place in the field for the second leg of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s double tomorrow

The Kurdistan gelding injured a leg when rolling after his work on Thursday, and his trainer H J Powell said that there was not much chance of Tombob starting on the first day of lhe meeting Promise injured a leg when schooling during the week and has been scratched from the Tahuna Steeples He should be able to race on a later day of the meeting The stable horseman. R O Cairns will now have the mount on Sydtrev With Warfare out of the Winter Handicap, J R Dowling will have the mount on Palisade. ( Bador (R N Marsh i schooled well over a round of hurdles, but he has been scratched from the Greenfield Hurdles The Gabador gelding has been suffering from a cut leg and he wifi be reserved for the second or third day of the meeting Additional riders for the meeting include:—

B J Anderton: Belltana, Fort Garry L Tree: Zetland Leigh W C Carva'ho: Irish Rose W C Gye: Corneil G. T Dobbs: Pilot Dancer K. Reggett: Master Conclusion W H Beck: Knight M J Skelton: Waaf. Ambidex M Landrebe: Sen D N Hadfield: Elrick R O Catms: Sydtrev L W Hare: Boawood. J R Dowling: Palisade.