WINNERS IN ENGLAND

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 13

WINNERS IN ENGLAND

Although' so much: money was disbursed at the Royal Ascot Meeting in June, it did. not the leading-.positions in the English owners'' list. Mr. J. A. Dewar (owner -of Ca'meroniah) iwas still' first after thia .meeting with -£30)720,'"and' those nearest• him were iord:Ellesniere• (owner df-vFour;.Course)/•£ll;43i; and-Lord Astor (owner of Sunny: Devon, winner bf the Coronation Stakes, richest event'at Ascot), =£11,226."; ■■:;V^-'■;.■:/,.;■-..t.v. .' v ~:'--. ' After the meeting, Gordon Richards still maintained his supremacy ion the jockeys' hst;with '54 wins to' his credit in 321 rides. Following him were H. Wragg, 39 wins in 247 rides,' F;! For (most-successful jockey at Ascot), .with 32 wins in 303 rides, W. Nevett, with 31 wins in 153 rides, and1 P. Beasley, with: 30 wins' in1162, rides. • - The leading sire at ithe . same date.. was the Phalaris horse,. Pharos; sire o£ Cameroniah, £33,339. Solario (£15,059), Tetratema (£13,681), and Son-in-Law (£13,338) were next. Cameronian, i. naturally, was first among the winning horses, Brulette, Four, Course, Sunny Devon, and Trimdon being nearest him on :- the list.