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NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 13

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Shows Glimpse of Old Form v When Ridgemount went to Randwick as a two-year-old he was thought, to be unlucky m the . Breeders' Plate. . LIE. was going weir when he got into some bad going and that fixed him. But on the last day" he made the field m the Canonbury Stakes look .like a lot of novices. Two thousand was offered, for Ridgemount after that race, but four was asked. . Ridgemount came back to New Zealand and then . rumor had it he had gone m the wind. . Last January* when the Stead horses came under the hammer, he was sold to Dick Johnson! for 275 gns. : That was a bargain figure, even if his wind was attacked, for Dick only had to win one to get even. „ ■ Little 'was • asked of him for the rest of the season— he had two runs — and last week he/ reappeared at Levin. Residents of the Bay presieht said they, had it that Ridgemount was galloping very well and the price suited them. • ' ■''■■' Showing a' lot of his old time speed Ridgemount made merry .till just off the post where he was caught and headed by Mbutoa Treasury. In similar class fields pn turning tracks Ridgemount will repay • his purchase- money. ,