Lord Venture triumphs
Special correspondent Westport A newcomer to the meeting, Lord Venture, ran away with the Melbourne and Black and White Hotels Handicap Pace (2600 m first leg of the T.A.B. double at Westport yesterday. The lan Camerontrained gelding proved too strong for his opponents after taking the lead at the 2000 m mark. He was not overly pushed to triumph over the first-day runner-up Avanti, which held second by half a length from a fast finishing Miss Mischief. Kotare Coral took the second step in search of the $lO,OOO bonus run by the West Coast trotting clubs when leading all the way in the second leg of the double, the D.B. Draught Handicap (2000 m
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Press, 28 December 1988, Page 26
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