DEFEAT OF AJAX.
“UNSUSPECTED LOSS OF FORM.”
Received March 27 11.30 a.m SYDNEY. March 27. ( Tlis connections are satisfied that Ajax s defeat bv Spear Chief was due to unsuspected loss of form. Ajax, who was the hottest favourite ever beaten in a race in Australia, scernod in perfect condition yoskTlm joekev M. MoCarten said : “Beating Ajax on Spear Chief was Uic big o est surprise of my riding career. McUarten expressed pleasure at hts as soeiation with a horse who had preserved the records of Gloaming and Desert Gold. “Wo all like to see good horses e,-eating fresh records, but we New Zea jeal r h—^we SSI.X mainlined* for so long.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 99, 27 March 1939, Page 8
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119DEFEAT OF AJAX. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 99, 27 March 1939, Page 8
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