TRAINER'S WINDFALL

Evening Post, Issue 2, 2 July 1932, Page 21

TRAINER'S WINDFALL

WIN FOR GIFT HORSE

A windfall of £400 unexpectedly came the way of-the Victorian trainer, C. Brown, after Royal Banquet had unexpectedly won the Wanda Steeplechase; at Caulfield on 18th June. When he reached the course Brown still held-a lease of the gelding,, but a few minutes before the race ■? fw' t l , h rer?^ ners' Me«srs. C, B. Kellow and W. McCulloeh, presented the gelding to him. . <=b

It was a generons gesture, as a few S" te- S later Royal Banquet had won ±.4Uoin stakes alone, and there was a great.opportunity to win a small fortune lor a meagre outlay, as one or two bookmakers almost vainly offered 100 to 1 about the gelding at barrier rise. .Royal Banquet wfts a. failure ion the flat, his only success being a,small race at an unregistered .meeting .near Geelong,- but later he won over hurdles at Woodend He nas-now scored three wins for Brown As a yearling Messrs. ■ Kellow and McOulloch purchased Royal Banquet privately for nearly 2000 guineas, but he never returned^ them any of his purchase money whenhe^aced in their colours.'- Only a six-year-old, Boyal Banquet is comparatively young as steeplechasers go, and he =nnL lmPI OVe -,wi^ .exPerience. He claims some rather illustrious relatives, including his full-brothers, Royal Feast and Mercian ■King. The former was the champion two-year-old of his year, winning more than £13,000 in stakes for four wins and several minor placings. ■