Early Success Indicated In his present form Distinctior should lead a field hoipe before long In the Winter Cup he was nevei far away, and he came home solidlj to finish second. A stablemate o Howe, Distinction is a four-year-olc by Foxbridge from Arawa Rose, bj Musketoon from Wee Rosa, by Wairiki from Miss Rose, by Dreadnough from Miss Letty, by St Leger frorr Necklace, by Musket. Included ir Distinction’s three wins last seasor was the Hawke’s Bay Guineas, th( place-getters being Sweet Nymph anc Liebestraum, and he was placed in 1!
of his 16 starts, 11 times in succession. His placings included a second to Liebestraum in the New Zealand Derby, in which he finished strongly to get within half a head of the winner. A journey will be no trouble to Distinction and he should be prominent in some of the season’s rich handicaps. Hurdles Candidate Boolamskee did not get a good passage in the Jumpers’ Flat last Saturday until an opening came his way on the rails near the finish. He will be dangerous in the Grand National Hurdles if the track is at all soft.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1948, Page 1 (Supplement)
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