Smith parses $1m mark

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34097, 8 March 1976, Page 10

Smith parses $1m mark

• A Z.F .A Staff Crqprf? SATIN FA Tom Smith trained eight winners at Rosenill <m Saturday, the sixth time he ha* done so in Sydney. With wins also m the twr» main races at Flemington. trained horses won 573.0a0 or Saturdax takine him past thr slm mark for the season, with almost fixe months of it to so Three of the fixe Sydnex win ners. Billx Bunter. Dambuster and Visit, were bred tn New Zea land Smith also shares the ox* n ership of Billx Bunter and Dam buster, and seems sure tn h* Svdnex s top owner of th*' season Billx Bunter Oncidium Annie Oakley • >at behind Um leaders for most of the $650“

Box Hill Handicap i2ooomi and responded strongly when asked bx Kevin I.angby The three year-old gelding x*nr bx a head from his stablemate Hotrax <Mellax Marquette with Crusader (Lionhearted Lilx’ Yokovi third. Crusader King had been tip ped to win in the mud. but it was fine on Fridax night, and the track xxas in reasonable con di t ion. Billy Bunter has nov scored four wins, a second and three : thirds from his eight starts. Laneby put so much effort into the win on Billx Bunter his third win of the day. that lie was exhausted, so Malcolm Johnson took over on Dambuster for the last race, and won easllx Dambuster (Oncidtum i Gallant Flight), won the s6s<»f' Vineyard Graduation '2000m) b* sixth lengths from Tiny Tudor It was the colt s first win in siv start, but Smith expects more from him in the future