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Press, 3 December 1985, Page 40

ANNOUNCING THE RICHEST STANDARDBRED STALLION IN THE SOUTH ISLAND MELVINS STRIKE (STRIKEOUT - BRIARWOOD LORAINE) (p, 1:55.6 (m) 1:56.6 (h) - $U5684,397) MELVINS STRIKE as a three year old won the Reading Futurity Stakes and the Bloomsberg Fair Stakes. MELVINS STRIKE as an aged pacer set a RooseveltJ' sk Record for aged pacers of 1:56.6 (h), a record that was equalled by the . vnor Skipper. MELVINS STRIKE was twice second in the rich Final and second in the $lOO,OOO National Pacing Derby. < V* MELVINS STRIKE raced sound fr u.s of age right through to aged Free For All ranks. Described by tP*A of the toughest Free For All horses ever raced in New York. /‘’SnL® MELVINS STRIKE•AvJL winners from five foals to the races from his brilliant dam Briarwood Lon. yrii her five foals are either sub 2:00 winners op$US 100,000 plus winners. She is tu date the dam of winners with stakes exceeding SUS 1 million. THIS HORSE REPRESENTS REAL VALUE FOR MONEY AT $l,OOO MELVINS STRIKE who arrives in NZ early November 1985 has stood very successfully at a notable North American stud. He has served over 200 mares to date with his oldest North American foals now only yearlings. Melvins Strike will stand at Des and Roma Grice's Kingcraft Farm Prebbieton Phone (03) 497-313 BREEDERS DISCOUNT - Breed two of your mares to both People's Blue Chipand SnsSMi.e. 4 mares) for a total of $3,000 for the four mares - a saving of $6OO. ASSOC!A TE SIRE - People's Blue Chip - NZ's best value son of Most Happy Fella - at $BOO. ’ -