QUEENSLAND DERBY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 23

QUEENSLAND DERBY

TRIUMPH FOR SPEARFELT

■■;. The .Melbourne Cup winner Spearfell, one of the most successful sires in Queensland in recent years, gained; a further triumph when his sons, Spearace and Spear Vale, .fought out ■~a thrilling finish in the Q.T.C. Derby' a fortnight ago. ; ■

Spearace, ; who won the Q.T.C. Guineas last month, had a sustained struggle all the Way up the straight, and he just gained the day. He might have been a little fortunate, as Spear Vale, who is a brother to that great horse Spear Chief, the. Derby winner of two years ago. jumped the tan crossing a. furlong and a half from the post and .veered in, but he finished on generously and ran Spearace to a head., > ■ .

Spearace is raced on lease by Mr. P Jennings, from his father, the Alma Vale studmaster, Mr. T. Jennings, the owner of Spearfelt, who bred the colt. Spearace's dam, Lozan, is related to a number of high-class performers, among them being Serelot, Lovelot, and Ripolot. Spear Vale, despite some excellent form, is still a maiden. His brother. Spear Chief, won the Q.T.C. Sires' Produce Stakes, Guineas, and Q.T.C. Derby, and another brother, Brownfelt, after having won the Guineas, won the Tattersall's Cup and the Q.T.C. Metropolitan Handicap.