’Marlboro' award is increased

Press, 30 August 1977, Page 28

’Marlboro' award is increased

The cash award for the owner of the 1978 Marlboro Filly of the Year has been increased from the $5OOO of last season to S7OOO. The joint sponsors of the! series, the New Zealand!' Thoroughbred Breeders’ i Association and the Marl-1 horo Cigarette Company,) have also sponsored a 82501 trophy for the owmer of the winning filly in each event, j As usual, a breeder’s pre-! mium of 8500 will be attached to each race in the 1 series. The awards for the top! filly’s trainer and jockey will j be $lOOO and $5OO respec- ' lively. |< The series will comprise;! of the same nine races as , last season and the totalj: stakes this year will be < $138,500. Points will be based on gross stakes, as in J the last two seasons. L

I The dates and stakes for ,the 1977-78 series are:— Gold Trail Stakes, 88000: 1400 m, at Hastings on September 21. I Lowland Stakes. 89000; I 11400 m, at Masterton on' ; October 8. Desert Gold Stakes,< iS15,000: 1600 m, at Trentham jon October 22. I New Zealand Two Thou-| 'sand Guineas, $17,500;! j 1600 m, at Riccarton on November 12. j Eulogy Stakes, $10,000;; 'l6oom, at Awapuni on De-; cember 17. Roval Stakes, $15,000; 2000 m, at Ellerslie on Januiary 3. New Zealand Oaks, I $30,000; 2400 m, at Trentham |on January 28. Great Northern Oaks, ! $24,000: 2400 m, at Ellerslie on April 1. Manawatu Breeders’ 'Stakes, $10,000; 2000 m, at I Awapuni on April 8.