GREY HORSES
IS THERE A PREJUDICE? TWe is treneral'ly a prejudice against Eoval Minstrel, who was bought by Mr. j H Whitney for £17,500, and won aboirt £14,000 iv stakes for him before being sent to the stud in America, is one of the grandest types ol the grey Thormanby blanch of Herode. As a vaccWse Royal Minstrel's highest performance wfs when he defeated Fairway 111 the ten-furlong Eclipse Stakes The great bucccss of Tetratema, son of J.he ietrarch at the stud gave the greys a gieat St In America a grey that was highly 1 though* °* was Stefan the Great, by The Tetrarch from Perfect Peach, who was a full brother to Sarchedon. In Australia greys have never Promment though Suwarrow won the V.R.C. Derby, and no grey horse has ever won the Melbourne Cup. On the 'contrary,'there has been a number of fair performers ot this colour in New Zealand. Canteen, a New Zealand Cup winner, Mira, Queen of Trumps, Pahui, The Dancer, Milestone, and Trumpery were all good winners.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 23
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172GREY HORSES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 47, 23 August 1930, Page 23
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