Crown Imperial looks a stayer

Press, 31 July 1989, Page 29

Crown Imperial looks a stayer

Crown Imperial continued to shape as an up-and-coming stayer when he won the McGregors Bakery Handicap at the Oamaru Jockey Clubs meeting at Oamaru on Saturday. . motr . a He was a fair way from the lead at the 800 metres but improved steadily on the home turn and maintained 3 Itw! hiShird win in his last six starts and it seems likely he will carry his form / "brine His Gore trainer, Ted Winsloe, said he would bring Crown Imperial back to Oamaru on August 21 for an anticipated good track, rather than race the gelding in heaw footing at Riccarton in between times. He trains Crown Imperial for Clydevale (South Otago) breeders, Jack and Gwen Treacy, who won races with the horse’s dam, Queens Award and erandam Golden Thistle, from the Winsloe stable. Crown Imperial is a rising five-year-old by Imperial Guard which Winsloe has at stud. Thiqttp won Queen’s Award won twwice and Golden Thistle won six races, including the 1966 .^ na L l J q u _?' the meetine Crown Imperial was one of two wins J the ra ®®“sf for Grant Davison, who also succeeded on Tunes Imaee with a big run from last. Davison ended the sZ with 113 wins, placing him in second place behind Lance O’Sullivan (145).