Double for Southland

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33110, 28 December 1972, Page 7

Double for Southland

Uar Admin] and Bettxlxr brought off a double for th< r kire Kurdistan now dead- .iri for Southland Mabie* on the fn*i dax of the South Canterbury J<h key Club’s meeting at Washdxk* xesterdax In winning the Champion Ha* k Handicap, the Gore trained Betr Ivn aUo completed another double, one for Mr S .1 BreiKbcll. who i* pi evident of the Tapanui Racing Club H’* earlier victor? xrMcrdax w ;<* with Daves Gift in the highweight Bettylxn is prepared bx E \ W in>io«-. \x !i<» ||M Mdf - • \ ■ visits to Washdyke in December with rewarding reaults Bettylyn won the middle dt* tanee test for Max era xeaterd.tx bx a de<-isixe margin of a leng’li and a quarter after dashing into a clear lead on (straightening on Valiant Lad did w<!l to run th** Gon- mare to lira’ margin and might have reversed those pi..< tngs except for running Into trouble earlx in the race The faxourite. Sudden Clian-” . carried top weight into tl’- d place He came from the ta end group, making ground d 1 godly from the home turn with cut appearing likelx to get to grins with the winner War Admiral made one art ot the Smithfield Hack Handicap X K Rnbinann had him clear i«u»'de the first furlong and the shows chestnut’s strong gatlop had m» *t of the others in trouble on the home turn Mr W 1) McKenzie’s four-xcar-old eas’lx dealt with a challenge from New York going to the f-" long, beating the Orari grey by & length and a half