National For Grey Count

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32018, 19 June 1969, Page 4

National For Grey Count

■levan years age the BrilKent auaeieehaeer, spring Pair, was virtually fereed Inte In tlfV WWlQnt* ■rtßr WlHnlnl the Wellington Steeplechase and Brand National SHepiechaeo lit the epaoe of a raw

Hu to Awamutu -trainer, 1. W. yard, then wondered whether it was worth the trouble «f educating a horte for a stoep.iechaslng career. But in Grey count he feels ho has material Mr another tilt at Grand National hanoura this year, and the Count Rendered gelding’s . programme will be aimed to have him at hid peak for the big Ricearton race m August. Ford scratched Grey Count last week for the Kay Memorial Steeplechase at Te Awamutu, where the grey was weighted at 10-11. Ford recalled the other day that Spring Fair had only four raees over country and carried 10-13 in the Grand National. With 10-13 In the Te Awamutu race. Grey Count, a winner at Ellerslie at his first start in a steeplechase, could have been fairly quickly handicapped out of things. Grey Count likes the ground firmer than la usual at midwinter meetings, but as a leadup to the Grand National he might have one race at the Wellington winter meeting. An alternative would be a race at Avondale.