BALBUS'S LIKELY LINES
*• :Ai^ e/.,? Bvt °f-two-yew-old seen out at VVppdviJle : pn "Thursday was Balbus who was expected' to .go a good race though it was his first start, and who ran a creditable fourth,; finishing resolutely afteri/having.'been^cjjopped. back- at' 'the start. ■ He is one who should well bear remembering. ; :':- :^. .. ".. . :
= Balbus. is an interestingly bred brown gelding by -the. Black Jester sire Lapidary, .whose progeny, usually recognised by the appearance; of 'lap. in their names, have .oape .well m _ the north durfnp the, last two,or three seasons. It is on the maternal -side, however,' that the feature of Balbus'a pedigree lies. His dam, Azecta (a half-sister to the iiseful Horomea), is by. the little-known' Stepniak sire Tajtoko, "a- brother to Neva' . V (danv of Danube), Grand Bapids; etc1., hnd: a. grandson of Wateraprite, one of the best lines of the ■Mermaid- .family; -.Azectit herself is from Herniia,- b.v.Birkenhcnd -from Trixie, by Daniel O'Kourko: from 'Waterfonbyy by.Apremont -from AVaJerspritc, so that in . the. plating prodnciiif: her there has been ..a cljrect return of, Whtprsprite, to herself. ' Azecta's maiiiig with .Lapj<lary has been, of course, a eoroniete oute'ross.. It is on such' breeding that champions are often produced*" ' ■ '■■ ■ :l' - >>-■
' Balbus 'is owned'by his -breeder, Mr. J. Davison.i but he is being-raced on lease by.therAwapuni trainer.C. Robinson, form-•ei-ly;,a-.successful; : hurdle- jockey. ".■■.,<■ -.. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 47, 24 February 1934, Page 21
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217BALBUS'S LIKELY LINES Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 47, 24 February 1934, Page 21
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