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NZ Truth, Issue 1263, 13 February 1930, Page 13

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Nightmarch To Give An Exhibition (From "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch Rep.) One of the " attractions of the Canterbury Jockey Club's midsummer meeting, to be held on Saturday, February 22, will be an exhibition gallop by Nightmarch, the Melbourne Cup winner. pANTERBURY racegoers have not seen the 'champion m action since he reached champion class, his last start, locally being m the Great Autumn Handicap which he easily won from Seatown. : ' Since then he has added the A.J.C. Epsom, the Melbourne Cup, the Cox

Plate and other le3s important events to his list of successes: With the object of letting 1 his "homesee him galloping before he returns for another assault on Australia, Alfred Louisson has offered to stage an Exhibition gallop by Nightmarch m company with a stable companion. The colt has some to hand very ' quickly over the past week or so and his performance m the James Hazlett Gold Cup at Dunedin on Saturday will give some indication of how near he is to his best racing condition. . The Midsummer Handicap and the Craven Plate, the two chief events at the Canterbury meeting, have J drawn disappointing entries, but the Middle Park Plate for two and three-year-olds and the Lyttelton Plate for two-year-olds will >both contain big and useful fields. The presence of Nightmarch should add considerable interest to the fixture.