Orbiter And Avante Win
Two former Canterbury pac- ( ers, Orbiter and Cardinal King, fought out the finish to the ■ $12,500 Times Square Pace at Yonkers Raceway on February ( 15. Orbiter, which paid $11.20 ; for $2. beat Cardinal King by a head. < The defeat was the first suffered by Cardinal King at Yon- ( krs. He won all of his four! races there last year, and won < at his first start for 1969. Orbiter led from end to end < to record his third win from six starts this year. He paced ' the mile in 2:3 4-5, time which was considered outstanding as < the temperature was in the low 20s. D. Insko, who drove Orbiter, completed a successful night: when he won a race worth $2750 <
with another former Canterbury horse, Avante. He was a hot favourite and paid only S 3.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31923, 26 February 1969, Page 4
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