GARCON d’OR

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31041, 22 April 1966, Page 4

GARCON d’OR

Third U.S. Success

Garcon d’Or has now had three wins in the United States, two of them at Santa Anita and the third at Chicago. : Garcon d’Or and his train-[er-driver, G. B. Noble, (received high praise after 'their second win at Santa i Anita. "Garcon d’Or simply (waltzed to the line in Imin Is9sec to win the 6000 dollars (Pomona Pace, treating 18.297 .customers to the seventh I two-minute mile of the sea(son and lighting an other- | wise drab and dreary day,” I said Bion Abbott in the “Los 'Angeles Times” Noble sent Garcon d’Or to i the front from the start. ( Although kept under a good (hold, he sped over the first (quarter in 29sec, reached the 'half-mile in 59 3-ssec and the three-quarter mark in Imin: 3 2-ssec. Garcon d’Or won by a length after a sizzling last quarter in 28 3-ssec. Spring Garrison finished : sixth in the same race. Urrall finished third, a neck and a head behind Robbie’s Don and Twice H. in the sixth race for five' yearolds and upwards. The winner took 2rain 3sec for the mile. Seven New Zealand and Xustralian horses competed, at the Santa Anita meeting.; which ended last week. Five of them won nine races and recorded three thirds from. 17 starts. The 1966 Inter-Dominion Championship winner, Cha tfer’s Star, has yet to race He is booked to start at Chicago and meanwhile is for sale at a price' reported to .be more than 100.000 dollars. Avante recently gaine/ his : second win in 2min 2 l-ssec.. and Trysail gained his second win in 2min 2 2-ssec., Terri i-ee was successful at Yonkers Raceway last Friday!” in 2min 5 4-ssec. The race carried a stake of 4500 dollars. I