Fly For Horne fancied
INZPA Melbourne . The unbeaten colt, Fly For ■Home, which has gone from .strength to strength since (coming to Melbourne, is ) picked to win the $75,000 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield today. Despite trainer Tommy Smith’s confidence a question mark hangs over glamour colt, Blazing Saddles. Blazing Saddles is fit, but, the colt does not seem as j settled on the track as he ‘ was during his great five wins; sequence. He almost unseated Royj Higgins in a gallop before I his failure in the Lightning Stakes, on Thursday “took off” 200 metres early when. sent out for a 600-metre; workout. Probably this attirbuted to; his poor time of 41 seconds!
‘.for the 600 metres, but the ‘gallop certainly looked I second rate in comparison J with his stabiemates and race J rivals, Fly For Home and i Princess Taiaria. They both j ran 38.25 seconds for 600 (metres. ■| Fly For Home has won his (only two starts, both over (the testing Randwick 1200 : metres. He has the early pace (to be with the leaders today ‘an dhe will not lack drivel | over the last 200 metres. I NEW ZEALAND METROPOLITAN I TROTTING CLUB (WITHDRAWALS for al! events) at the above chib’s Royal Meet-, Hng to be held on the 3rd; March, must be received by 3| p.m. on Monday, February 28. D. C. PARKER. j Secretary/Manager. —AdvtJ
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