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(Special Cvapdt. MELBOURNE. The New Zealand-bred stayer. Basin Street, which is a lightweight hope for the *32,000 Metropolitan Handicap at Randwiek in October, ran a slashing trial at CaulHeld on Saturday Although narrowly beaten in the Moondah Plate, Basin Street made up 25 lengths over the last half-mile of the six furlongs. Snub won by a length, with the New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Future a similar di* tance away third. Basin Street, a Blueskin H —Astrophelia five-year-oM, was resuming after a spell and' it was assumed the di* tance Would be too short for W HR had earlier won his previous two starts over a mile at Caulfield and 10 furlongs at Flemington. Midlander, which finished third in the 1965 Melbourne Cup and is being set for this years’ race, finished third last
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31441, 7 August 1967, Page 6
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