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Fall During Training
The Riccarton apprentice C. Kerkvliet was taken to Christchurch Public Hospital yesterday with a fractured ankle after a fall during a training gallop. Kerkvliet was tossed from the saddle near the finishing post when his mount, Ramadan, stumbled after getting on the heels of her stablemate Dipmate, ridden by the injured boy’s brother J. Kerkvliet.
Dipmate lost a hind shoe. The twin brothers are indentured to J. L. Barr.
Jockey Fined
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter— Copyright) MELBOURNE. A leading jockey, R. Higgins, was fined 200 dollars today by the Victoria Racing Club stewards for careless riding on Domremon In the Mimosa Stakes at Flemington last Tuesday. It was alleged that he allowed his mount to shift out and cause interference to another runner, Opinion.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31211, 8 November 1966, Page 5
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