HIGH CASTE AGAIN

Evening Star, Issue 23498, 12 February 1940, Page 4

HIGH CASTE AGAIN

ESTABLISHES COURSE RECORD AJAX FINISHES THIRD MELBOURNE, February 11. At the Williamstown races the principal events resulted: — ; G. F. ORR STAKES, £I,OOO. Seven furlongs. HIGH CASTE, Mr H. E. Tancred’s b c by Bplandshar—The Begum, 3yrs (E. Bartle) _ ... ... 1 Manrico (A. Sinclair) ... ... ... 2 Ajax (H. Badger) ... ... ... *... 3 All started. Ajax was last leaving the barrier, but ran up to second place between Manrico and High Caste, who made a great run nearing the post and won by half a head, with Ajax half a neck away third. Time, Imin 23 J ,soc —a course record. WYNDHAM HANDICAP, £SOO. Ona fnile and a-quarter. BANKSHAW, 7.10 (Mornemenc) ..i 1 Boyal Jubilee, 8.9 (Hall) ... 2 Gladstone, 7.4 (Purtell) ... 3 Eleven started. Won by a head, with half a neck between second and third. Time, 2mia 4|sec. AT RANDWICK DEAD HEAT IH CHIEF EVEKT, SYDNEY, February. 11. At the Warwick Farm races it Randwick the principal events resulted: — GLENFIELD HANDICAP, £4OO. Si* furlongs. DENIS. 9.0 (M'Menaminp Diogenes. 7.1 (Thomson) ... ... 3 St. Constant, 9.7 (Cook) ... ... ... 3 Thirteen started; Won by half a neck, with half a neck between second and third. Time, Imin 13sec. WARWICK FEBRUARY HANDICAP. ■ £350. One mile and a-quarter:; BRAMEL, 8.7 (Munro) t TUSCULUM, 7.0 (Thompson) ... t Hedonic, 8.3 (James) 3 Eight started. Won .by two lengths and, a-balf. Time, 2miu 52soc. DEATH OF APPRENTICE JOCKEY. During the running of the Ingleburn Nursery Handicap the apprentice jockey Lappin, aged 18, who was second on last year’s winning jockey’s list, was thrown from his mount under a bunched field cand received head injuries from which he died later.