MARTINBOROUCH'S RECORD
■•■ Martinborough, who heads the weights for the Bidwill Nursery Handicap at the Wairarapa Meeting, is a colt who did his spring racing^under A. D. Webster's charge in Victoria, where he had {several starts and was once a winner.' He will be an runner if he goes to the post. . ■'. Martinborough appears to have had half a dozen races in Australia. His success was achieved in the second division of the St. Albans Handicap, 4 furlongs, at the Moonee Valley. Cup Meeting on October 26. He was un-placed-in the V.R.C. Maribyrnong Plate, won by Fidelity.'-but hewas pro-> duced again on the third day of the meeting, when he was out sharing thai lead mostsof the way with Beechwood (the; winner) in the Byroa, Moore Stakes and finished a close third.
: Following-his winning effort an Australian critic wrote: "The race went to •Martinborough, a New Zealand-bred colt trained oy A. D. Webster. Mar-, tinborough is a big fellow and is so re•markably'well grown and developed 'that one could almost believe him to be a:'three-year-old.vHe was closely attended to the home.-turn by the little Manfred colt Christmas Carol,' but ;he 'then;drew' away to win comfortably from* the big Curialis colt Arbalest; .whoyflnished strongly to narrowly; cut '.Christmas iCarol put of second place." 'h Martinborough is a chestnut colt by Lord iQue'x'v (son of Lemberg) from the : English-bred rinare Piquant, by Somme Kiss/(son.-, of Sunstar) from Criindell Chick, byFowling Piece (son of. Carbine) from Crundell Hill, by Marcibni He is thus::*»shalf-brother to Easy Money, v. who-three ago won a division';bf'the '•Maribyrnong Trial Stakes'at'iFlemingtori for vMr.: W." R. iKemball.: Martinborough, however, is iracedf'by hisbreeder, MrVfE.'-D.Martin. .In New Zealand'he was registered as 'Cayenne;' but at thevrequest >of the rer •gistrar the n»me-was changed to Mar;tinborpugh; the* name of Mr. Martin's place of abode in New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 148, 19 December 1935, Page 22
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