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(From "Vedette.") •SYDNEY, June 4,
J Pike's announcement that he contemplates relinquishing training and becoming a jockey again has been one of the surprises of the week, and already he has commenced on his own charge, Indian Emperor, at Randwick. So far as track riding is concerned he has settled down immediately and appears to be quite at home. This is not surprising, for he has ridden the stable pony regularly during training operations and has not deserted the saddle completely as the majority of the jockeys have done who have switched over to the training game. Whether Pike will be n able to come back in races, however, after an absence of five years, is another matter, for at 48 he is hardly a juvenile, and during his absence a younger school have grown up who are well able to look after themselves on the racecourse. Pike, however, states definitely that at present he is only, testing himself out, and if he is not satisfied that he can do himself justice at a reasonable weight he will not be an applicant for a jockey's licence. D H. Munro, who has been standing down since the beginning of the year, is expected to be on the active list again on August 1. He has been regularly on the training tracks for several weeks, and except for a brief interval has kept himself in riding form since the A.J.C. committee withdrew his licence. Munro's ability is generally recognised and it is. believed that the principal club will grant him a conditional licence and that he wil^ be given every opportunity of regaining his lost prestige. The cause of his troubles was his alleged association with persons who since have come under the ban by the racing authorities, and it is believed that with a suspension of six months, Munro has earned at least another chance on probation.
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"joe."—V., £2 8s; X., £2 11s; 8.M., £3 3s and £1 Bs. "Mrs. G.M."—The placings in the 1939 New Zealand Cup were: Arctic King, The Buzzer, Milford.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 143, 19 June 1941, Page 14
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