Jester Boy delayed

Press, 19 November 1977, Page 20

Jester Boy delayed

NZPA Sydney Jester Boy, a contender for the Auckland Cup on January 2, will be staying in Sydney until December 12. His New Zealand trainer and part-owner, Mr Frank Phillips, was unsuccessful in an attempt to get him on an aircraft from Sydney to Christchurch last Saturday. Jester Boy ran second in a welter event at Rosehill, but was too late reaching the airport to meet the aircraft’s departure time. He is now expected to have two further Sydney starts — the 2000 m Baulkham Hills Handicap at Rosehill on November 26 and the 1900 m Frank Underwood Cup at Canterbury on December 3. If there are no further hitches, the five-year-old gelding is expected to be back in Auckland to contest the Avondale Golf Cup on December 17.

International series. — The top French jockey, Yves SaintMartin. and four other foreign jockeys will compete today against five Japanese riders for $46,280 top prize in the first race of the 1977 International Series in Tokyo. Competing with the Frenchman, who has won 2320 races in the last 19 years, are Craig Perret, of the U.S., Willie Carson, of Britain, Wally Swinburn, of Ireland, and Albenzio Barroso, of Italy.