Valley of Georgia wins

Press, 29 September 1979, Page 21

Valley of Georgia wins

The A.J.C. Oaks winner,, [Valley of Georgia, firmed to I I second favourite for the ! $156,750 Caulfield Cup with; a gallant win in the 530,000 i Underwood States at’< Caulfield on Thursday. Book-: makers reduced the mare’s; quote from 10-to-l to 6-to-l for the Caulfield Cup after: her win. Valley of Georgia won by a neck from Double Century with the heavily backed Dul-. cify half a neck away, third. Valley of Georgia’s trainer, Pat Courtney, said, the four-year-old would start' in the Toorak Handicap as' her lead up race to the Cup. I Courtney said, "I have; always believed that shei could beat Double Centuryin any race and over any : distance.” Valley of Georgia has now beaten Double Century, i which retained favouritism for the Caulfield Cup at

,9-to-2, in their four encouni ters. ■ Double Century’s trainer, ; Ron McDonnell, said he was [happy with the four-year-old’s run. McDonnell said he would l [st dy the weights for the [Toorak Handicap before de-i iciding whether Double Cen-j [tury would run in that race, [or the $30,000 Caulfield I Stakes. Colin Hayes, the trainer of [ :Dulcify, announced that thej horse would not be conj testing the Caulfield Cup. [ ’Kayes said he was dis-' [appointed with Dulcify's run ar. I said Brent. Thomson had i told him that Dulcify had not handled the conditions. , Hayes says he will keep Dulcify to weight-for-age races and that the gelding’s main mission will be the $175,000 W. S. Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 27.