CUP STAKE INCREASED
fN.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. The Auckland Cup at Ellerslie on New Year's Day will be worth $45,000, making it New Zealand's richest race. The Great Northern Derby, another feature event at the Auckland summer meeting, has been raised $5OOO to $20,000. Other stake increases for Christmas racing at Ellerslie are $lOOO each on the Ladies’ Mile (now $6OOO > and Royal Stakes (now $7500i. These two threeyea r old fillies’ events are among the races to decide the Philip I Morris “Filly of the Year*' award.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33046, 13 October 1972, Page 1 (Supplement)
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88CUP STAKE INCREASED Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33046, 13 October 1972, Page 1 (Supplement)
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