DERBY CANDIDATES
Apparently the Jockey Club's handicapper, Mr. T. F. Dawkins, considers last season's two-year-olds in England just an average lot, for there was ouly 71b between the first dozen in the Free Handicap. Last year's placed horses in the Derby were allotted the following weights in the Free Handicap:—Call Boy 8.9, and Kot Night and Shian Mor eacli 8.7. Th« Kree Handicap, which is run at Newmarket in October, rarely sees any of the topnotchers go to the post, but as the weights are the handicapper's opinion of next year's Derby candidates, they are of interest. The following were those weighted down to 8.7:—
st n Fairway, b c by Phakris—Scapa Flow .-. 9 ( The Hermit 11., b c by M'Kinley— Halpine 9 ( Buland, b cj)y Blandford—Saffian .. 9 ( Gang Warily, b c by Diligence—Clear Case .- 8 1C Flamingo, b c by Flamboyant—Lady Peregrine .. 8 1C Black Watch, b c by Black Gauntlet —Punka 111 8 £ San Marino, be by Spion Kop—Ver- V . ova '. ....... S 9 Golden Araby, b £ by Golden Sim— Sweet Palm : ;. 8 S Sunny Trace, b c by Abbots TraceGolden Moya 8 8 Ranjit Singh, b c by Gay CrusaderRackety Coo ...*....-8 9 3rand Parade—Comedienne colt 8 8 Gluard's Parade, blk c by Grand Parade—La Gorgue 8 7
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 145, 16 December 1927, Page 7
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210DERBY CANDIDATES Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 145, 16 December 1927, Page 7
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