Unpopular Win by Attley

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1946, Page 7

Unpopular Win by Attley

• SYDNEY, Sept. 22. ; At Moonee Valley yesterday,' Attlgy’s defeat of several Caulfield ' Cup fancies in the Underwood Stakes was greeted by an angry outburst, from the crowd. Attley finished last in' the Memsie Stakes last week, but yesterday took the lead at the first fur-: long and ran away from his oppon-f ents three I'urlongs from home. Results: — Underwood Stakes, ope mile.— Attley, 9.0 (Badger) 1; Royal Gem.; 9.0 (Heather) 2; Don Pedro, 9.0 (Preston) 3. Fourteen started; four lengths;' two lengths and a half. Time, 1.38. Metropolitan Handicap, one mile and five furlongs—Space, 8.2 (Bad-; ger) 1; Valour, 7.7 (Gilmore) 2; Neu-. Iron, 8.12 (Breasley) 3. Fourteen start-, ed. Head; half a head. Time, 2.481. ;? I ' I Record Weight Allotted • io Bernborough ’ (Rec. 11.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 23. '• Bernborough has been given 11.5 in the Toorak Handicap—the highest weight ever allotted in an important' Australian handicap. It is 1 lb. more; than the 11.4 allotted to Archer for the 1863 Melbourne Cup. Phar Lap; was handicapped at 11.2 for the 1931Newmarket ’Handicap, but did note start. | The handicapper, Mr G. A. Davis,-, who also framed the weights for? the Caulfield Gup, mode g difference; of 681 b in the .Toorak Handicap be--tween' Bernborough and' the limit; markers.' 1 4 1 Among good; horses to which Bern-; borough concedes big weights are?. .Attley and St. Fairy both, weighted; .at 9.8. The only other runner; handicapped above 9.0 is Royal Gem?: Bernborough’s trainer, Harry Plant,; says the horse will, not be a starter.