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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30365, 14 February 1964, Page 5

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Mare's Big Winners | “The Press” Special Service MATAMATA, Feb. 13. Star Countess is now putting a little weight on the leg which was injured when she raced at Ellerslie. It was ; thought likely she would have to be destroyed, but hopes are now held she i will be saved for the stud. Triple Countess has torn the ligaments on the side of the fetlock and will almost certainly never race again, i according to her owner- | trainer. Mr L. C. Cole. I Mr Cole came into racing ! when he bought Cerulean [with a foal. Instilean. at foot. !She was carrying what was i later named Midnight Ltar. The lot cost 90gns. i He bred the good sprinter, ; Triple Chance from Ceru- | lean. Her daughters produced I Triple Score. Triple Count, I Star Countess, and Triple Countess.

Star Countess won six races and £3645. Triple Countess won six races, including the Thompison Handicap at Trentham, I and £4275. ! The five descendants of I Cerulean which Mr Cole has (raced have earned £24,366 in | stakes. ■ Triple Count is in work I and is thriving, so the numi ber could be increased.

Odeon Hurt, Turned Out "The Press" Special Service MATAMATA, February 13. The promising three-year-old, Odeon, which ran Ichtar to a head in the Great Northern Derby, has had to be turned out. He will not race for several- months. Odeon’s trainer. D. M. Perkinson, said Odeon was badly galloped on in the Queen’s Plate at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. He had recovered from that and had had one start, at Pukekohe, when he ran into a fence and cut himself about.

Perkinson said Odeon was unlikely to race again this season.