NELSON RACES
DOUBLES TO PLADIE AND TOP RANK The Nelson Jockey Club’s Meeting was concluded in perfect weather, and the track was in good condition. The totalisator handled £5,587, the total for the meeting being £11,611. TRIAL. HANDICAP, £75. 6f. 1— OHANGA, 8.0 (Wilson) • 1 2 Southern Blood, 8.0 (Burgess) 2 3 Bit o’ Blue, 8.0 (Coveney) ... 3 Also started: 4 Arrowin 8.0 (fourth), 5 Haggis 8.0, 6 Gay Sceptre 8.0. Won by one length, with six lengths between second and third. Time, Imm 15 2-Ssec. MOTUEKA HANDICAP, £BS. 6f. 1— TOP RANK, 9.0 (Burgess) ... 1 2 The Sandwichman, 8.8 (Coveney) 2 4 Derive, 9.3 (Wilson) 3 Also started: 3 Prince Mulla 8.9. Won by two lengths, with two lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 15sec. REDWOOD HANDICAP. £125. Im. 2—PLADIE, 9.3 (Shield) 1 1— Davistock, 9.0 (Wilson) 2 4—Free Rose, 7.11 (Coveney) ... 3 Also started: 3 Dark Rose 7.3 (fourth), 5 Laggard 7.7. Won by two lengths, with six lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 41 1-Ssec, TAHUNA HANDICAP. £9O. 7f. 4 LADY SEIGFRIED (Lamb) ... 1 2 Chaste. 8.12 (Broughton) ... ... 2 I—Revival. 8.10 (Wilson) 3 Also started: 5 Grampian 8.9 (fourth), 3 Gasmask 8.11, 6 Back Lead 7.9 Won by a neck, with a _ head between second and third. Time, Imin 28sec. FLYING HANDICAP, £IOO. 6f. 1— RANK, 8.3 (Burgess) ... 1 5 Marcus Cicero, 8.3 (Murfitt) ... 2 3 Roy Bun (M'Cauley) 3 Also started: 2 Impersonator 7.12 (fourth), 4 Arena 9.0. Won by one length and a-half, with half a length between second and third. Time, Imin ISsec. STOKE HANDICAP, £BO. 6f. 3—THE SANDWICHMAN, 8.12 (Coveney) 1 2 Southern Blood, 8.3 (Burgess) 2 I—Deliura, 9.3 (M'Cauley) 3 Also started: 4 Arrowin 7.7, 5 Haggis 7.7. Won by a long head, with half a length between second and third. Time, Imin 2 2-sscc. GLEN MEMORIAL HANDICAP, £IOO. Im. 1— PLADIE, 9.3 (Shield) ... ... 1 2 Chaste, 8.2 (Broughton) 2 3 Roy Bun, 7.11 (M'Cauley) ... 3 Also started: 5 Gasmask 7.10, 4 Supreme Court 7.7. Won by a neck, with four lengths between second and third. Time, Imin 41 2-ssec.
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Evening Star, Issue 22627, 20 April 1937, Page 4
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350NELSON RACES Evening Star, Issue 22627, 20 April 1937, Page 4
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