GREAT TRUTH SOLD
CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE
The King's three-year-old filly Great Truth was sold for 1300 guineas on the second day of the bloodstock sales at Newmarket. The purchaser was the Newmarket"trainer J. L. Jarvis. Great Truth is by Bahram from Frankly, who is of the same family as the Derby winner Blenheim.
The sales'lasted three days, and the aggregate was 74,461 guineas. It was generally felt that the result indicated confidence in the future of the breeding industry. Last year the sales extended over five days, and realised 111,599 guineas.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1941, Page 12
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91GREAT TRUTH SOLD Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1941, Page 12
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