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No jockey knows a shorter route round the Riccarton steeplechase course than W. J. Hillis, who will ride Koral in the Grand National on Saturday. But his nephew, B. L. Hillis, has gained the respect of Australians for similar qualities. B. L. Hillis won the Mia Mia Hurdle on Town Guard at Moonee Valley last Saturday, and the “Sporting Globe” said that he had earned top marks from the Valley crowd for his “paintscraping exhibition.” “Given every possible chance by Hillis, the 6/4
favourite didn’t leave the rail* after the first furlong,” said the "Sporting Globe.” “It was the ground Hillis saved that enabled Town Guard to toos Tylden by a head, with Sacimo 12 lengths away third." The successful trainer, J. Davis, of Takanini, said later that either Town Guard or the Christchurchowned Sun Bank would represent New Zealand in the Australian Hurdle at Caulfield on Saturday. The state of the track could decide which one would start.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32053, 30 July 1969, Page 4
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