N.Z. breeders ‘on the run'
' NZPA Sydney 1 Australian horse breeders have i had New Zealand breeders “on I< the run” in every class through-!; ■out Australia during the 1977-78! i season. according to racing! columnist. Ross du Bourg. !• In his regular breeding column! •in the “Australian” n p wspan?r‘ yesterday, du Bourg said that New Zealand-hred horses wonI only seven of the 32 events con- I (ducted in Melbourne. Sydney,] (Brisbane and Adelaide on Saturday. . More than half of the races I went to horses bred in New I South Wales and Victoria, with I I Family of Man sealing a w'eek--1 end of triumph for the New | South Wales and Victoria studs •cv winning the weight-for-age National Stakes (2000 m at Canberra on Sunday. Du Bourg said that the weekend was yet another success! ‘story for the Australian-bred’ h use over the New Zealandbred. . “Australian breeders, on the' crest of a stunning national re-i surgence, have had New Zea-i : land breeders on the run in every: class this season,” he says.
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