Daisy Charles Missing

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32265, 7 April 1970, Page 5

Daisy Charles Missing

"The Press” Special Service INVERCARGILL. A horse to create most interest at the Winton Trotting Club’s meeting on Saturday was one that did not race—Daisy Charles, which was a late scratching from the Winton Three-year-old Stakes. The reason for the sudden burst to prominence on the part of Daisy Charles, was that Winton. officials, and her trainer, M. A. Skinner, did not know whether she had been losts, stolen or strayed. She certainly was not in her yard when her attendant went to harness her for the Stakes nor was she near the Winton course. The course commentator appealed to anyone who had seen or heard anything of Daisy Charles as “she is wanted in the birdcage to start in the next race, otherwise she will be scratched.” The assistance of the racecourse inspector in finding the filly was also called. But Daisy Charles was nowhere to be found and was withdrawn from the Stakes While the search for Daisy Charles went on she was at home in her own yard at Hedgehope some 10 miles away —an official report later In the day explained. It said: "Daisy Charles was a late scratching from the Winton Stakes when, due to a mistake by the transport operator, this horse was inadvertently removed from the course in place of another horse.”