CAULFIELD CUP
FINAL ACCEPTORS MELBOURNE, Oct. 16. Following are the final acceptances for the Caulfield Cup, of £6760, 14 miles:—Royal Gem, 9.8; Victory Lad. 9.2; Columnist, 9.0; Amelia, 9.0; Don Pedro, B.S: Bray Law, Hiraji, Monogram, 8.3; Carey, Kerry Lad, 8.2; Kind Link, 8.0; Propontis, Royal Scot, Rubontine. Tudor Prince, 7.9; Star of India. Valiant Crown, 7.7; Clatterbag, Natural, The Sirdar, 7.6; Robert Bruce, 7.3: Bannerette, 7.2; Riot, 7.0; Sun Frollic, 6.13; Fresh Boy, 6.11; Edward John, 6.1 Q.
There were 41 acceptors when acceptances were declared. With a safety limit of 26. the following were balloted out:—St. Razsle, Bruin, Gayness, Doney Moon, Blank Music, Open Air, Sunrocks, Doughnut, Florita, Law Case, Constable, Britisher, Baffin Bay. Gay Sylva, Heather Rose. Doughnut's connections had backed the horse for a huge stake from long odds. He had been bracketed with Proctor for the Melbourne Cup for more than six figures. Connections of Doughnut expressed keen disappointment, as the horse had been set for the Caulfield Cup for the last three months. Open Air. who finished a close third in the Metropolitan Handicap, was another one eliminated by ballot. They were two of seven live-year-olds who bad to go to the ballot.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22464, 20 October 1947, Page 5
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