BY SPEEDY SONGBIRD
Irish B.irdcatcher'has lately, given promise of, developing '■■ moro solidity th'a.nhe first possessed, and it was rather surprising to*find'him-at such a,good price when lie won the Wallace Hack Handicap at Ih.e 'Birchwood Hunt Meeting last Saturday. .■ He scored decisively by nearly three lengths, so .that it, is clear six furlongs1 does not worry him now. : ■ He" is a.. three-yeaT-old 'chestnut gelding by the C.J.C. Great Easter winner, Songbird •-.(a', son' 6f 'Kilbroney), .from the' Downshire mare -Cainieau. Ho was bred, by Mr,• ;W. 'Cou^er, and he is: held..on lease by' the ..Inyercargill. .trainer., T.E.. Pankhurst. ' He has not yet done much raciing, but. previously .he.was successful over five; furlongs at, Glifden fin February. K'ow that he is. combining solidity with brilliance he may go on to win in better company than he ■ has! yet been. keeping,- ;.'•'» ■ • , ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1933, Page 4
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