METROPOLITAN DEAD-HEAT
TYPHOON AND FIRST IN
PENSACOLA AGAIN THE VICTOR
' . ~.^ne weather took an unfavourable turn on Friday night steady rain setting in, and it continued till after the racing started at Riccarton on Saturday. The softening of the' track had rather, an upsetting effect on form, but the racing was full ofv interest throughout. The Metropolitan Handicap was productive' of a great struggle Typhoon overhauling First In right on the post to dead-heat with the little-fancied southerner. In the Canterbury Cup, Pensacola, winner of the Derby on the _opening day, beat, his older opponents; and in ,the N.Z. Oaks a maiden performer in Miss, Medley brought off a surprise win.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 8
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111METROPOLITAN DEAD-HEAT Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 134, 4 December 1944, Page 8
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