IMPRESSED BY WINOOKA
"Those who are calling Winooka- ]ust a fair horse because of his defeat here on November 7 are at fault," declared George Daley in the New York "Herald-Tribune" on November 12. He is a fine individual with all the points a good horse must have and his accomplishments mark him for a top class sprinter. "I was only one of the few impressed by his conformation and appearance. In his racing on Election Bay he was the victim of conditions. The greasy track whs against his long striding action, while the loose rein of the youthful Britt was further hampering. It was unfortunate that the track should have been against •the invader, and it was sporting for his handler? to send him out when they knew he would be under a handicap. It would have been better if some of the American pwi»Bse»Jiad'sbeen,-eciually>Bnprtingii'i
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 25
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146IMPRESSED BY WINOOKA Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 25
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