Narrow win for Connie Lawn
PA Invercargill Connie Lawn, the winner of the sprint at the Southland meeting a week ago, confirmed that showing when she narrowly beat the metric milers in the New Zealand Deer Suede Distributors Handicap, the feature race at the Winton Jockey Club’s meeting yesterday. The five-year-old Beaufort Sea mare, from the
Gore stable of Rex Cochrane, has now raced 48 times for 9 wins and 11 placings, worth $52,025. Connie Lawn had only one behind her in the run up the back straight, but she started a move across the top which put her within striking distance, on the home turn, of the leaders Chook A Rook, Tricky Nick and Highland Peer. Chook A Rook fought gamely to the finish, but
Connie Lawn proved too strong and won by a head.
Highland Peer was only half a length back and clear of Tricky Nick which just shaded Sea War.
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