QUEZETTE BEATEN
(Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) MELBOURNE. Sydney colt, Pratten Park (15 to 1) set a race record and equalled the course record for seven furlongs when he won the V.R.C. Sires Produce Stakes by one length and a quarter from the New Zealand-bred filly Quezette (9 to 4) at Flemington on Saturday. The favourite the South Australian colt, Manihi, ran off the course and finished last. Manihi will now miss the big Sydney two-year-old races and will be sent home to Adelaide, i Khalif, which won the V.R.C. | Derby ,in the spring, added the St. Leger Stakes to his record in a desperate finish from the I New Zealand-bred gelding, Garcon. Results:— V.R.C. SIRES PRODUCE STAKES, £4800; two-year-olds; 7f. PRATTEN PARK (Tudor Royal —Sylvia’s Pride) 8-10 N. Voigt 1 QUEZETTE (Test Case—Quorn Vale) 8-7 W. A. Smith 2 CORONATION CADET (Coronations! Boy—Luxuriant) D. Lake S Ten started. One length and a quarter, one length. Time, 1:23.1 (race record, equals course record). Betting: 15 to 1, 9 to 4. 100 to 1. (Manihi evens favourite.) V.R.C. ST. LBGER STAKES. £8000; three-year-olds; l|m. KHALIF (Istanbul—Fordare) 8-10 R. Higgins 1 GARCON (Rawalpindi IlFestive Air) 8-10 M. Schumacher 2 CAVEAT EMPTOR (ParmaEmpire Lineage) 8-10 N. Voigt 3 Nine started. Half a head, one length. Time, 2:57.6. Betting: S to 2, 11 to 4, 14 to 1.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31317, 13 March 1967, Page 6
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