‘Raffle’ colt to be trained by Harris

Press, 2 October 1979, Page 24

‘Raffle’ colt to be trained by Harris

Special correspondent Dunedin The Brigand-Roman Lady colt passed in for $11,500 at auction at Wingatui on Saturday, is to race from the Tuahiwi stable of Ray Harris. I The two-year-old colt was offered by Mr “Zeke” Willson and Kevin Smith, of Dunedin, who won him in a raffle organised by the Otago Racing Club a week earlier. Mr Wilson said on Saturday he would race the colt land that he had applied to name him Chardon. This | was the name of the wine used at the function held in conjunction with the raffle. Mr Wilson said the colt would probably be put aside

, for a few weeks and prepared for racing later in the y season. t, “He is a half-brother to -iSkadoot which suggests he elcould handle wet ground and y there are some worth while I two-year-old races at Trensitham about May that could -'suit him,” said Mr Wilson. fj Mr Wilson, who is the 1! owner or part-owner of set - s'; oral horses, had a successful <! innings with Scotch Mist land Risky Step on Saturday. - He gained wins with Risky tlStep and Tanner on the first > day of the Wingatui meets.ing. si Mr Murray Acklin. acting i for a four-person syndicate, was the under-bidder on the t| Brigand colt at $ll,OOO. The ’ reserve was $12,000.