Summer Fair In Bother
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, June 26. The Sydney trainer, T. Hill, last night spent several hours poulticing one ot Summer Fair’s forelegs—ln the hope of keeping the horse sound for the £lO,OOO Doomben Cup. The New Zealand-bred Summer Fair showed signs of a recurrence of an old leg injury after a track gallop at Bandwick yesterday morning.
This was after he ran the best five furlongs (Imtn 3isec) 20 feet out on the. Randwick A grass. When Summer Fair cooled down after the gallop be was sore and had a slight filling in the leg. Hill then decided to scratch the horse from the Flying Handicap (6f.) at BosehiU tomorrow.
Hill said today: "I am sorry about Summer Fair, but still trying to get him to the post for the Doomben Cup. He is not lame, but there Is heat In his leg. I have spent four months getting Summer Fair to tbls stage and am still hopeful of him running In the cup. If everything goes well, he will start In the Carnival Handicap at Doomben on Saturday week.” Summer Fair had been second favourite for the Doomben Cup and some punters backed him heavily after yesterday morning’s gallop, but today bookmakers eased bls price to double figures. <
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30478, 27 June 1964, Page 6
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