Matatua fails
PA Melbourne. Two New Zealand gallopers' were bitter disappointments on* &acurda> when favourites ini their respective races ’.e previousl? unbeaten Ward) Drill two-year-old. Matatua, was; .mi ngioiiuus riintn after appear-1 ing well beaten at the turn ini the 1200 m Olinda Handicap. And Flight tracer let his back-! ers down by finishing ninth to; ' opp ng Time in the Flowerfield Handicap (2050 m
i,.c Idomeneo gelding wasi earlier judged a “good thing” b\ ! astute racing judges on the strength of his fast finishing last start fourth at Flemington' on July 10.
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