WINOOKA'S PROSPECTS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 9 September 1933, Page 25

WINOOKA'S PROSPECTS

RACING MEN'S ATTITUDE

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NEW YORK, September.7. Referring to statements that Winookas connections are anxious to match the Australian horse against Equipoise, Mr. C. B. Whitney, owner of Equipoise, said:—----"I do not think there is a public demand for a race between Equipoise and Winooka. The! owners of Winooka have not communicated with me at all, but I would not want to have Equipoise take part in a race that would be one-sided, and would have nothing to recommend it except that it would have an international flavour." , Tom Hcaley, trainer of Equipoise, .expressed the opinion that if a, challenge were rendered the race should be a mile in view o£ the fact that Equipoise recently won the Saratoga Cup, one mile and threequarters, and is now iv training for the Jockey Club Gold Cup, two miles. He said that on the basis of Winooka'e-single American appearance he believed Equipoise could beat him in any race from "six furlongs to cix miles." . Other racing men state that if WinooKa would beat one horse of known calibre th a eastern Turf would consider him seriously. - .. ~ Many people are inclined to think that Winooka's management are making an effort to capitalise on Phar Lap's reputation, which was promptly recognised in America.