Hurdle Race To Mission
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MELBOURNE, The New Zealand-bred Mission camo into Grand National Hurdle calculations when ho equalled the course record ’in winning the Marlborough Hurdle over ,?i miles at Flemington yes- - Mission carried top-weight of 10-7 to lead all the way and defeat the fasbfir.hhing Key Money by two length!. Tylden was ihree qugrtere et a length away third. Mission’s time was 3min 89.6 sec. In the other jumping race on the Flemington card the New Zealand-bred Summer Flight was untroubled to win the Glamis Steeplechase of about 2} miles, from Blue Bullet and McEwan.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32016, 17 June 1969, Page 4
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