TROTTING NOTES
By Sentinel Speed The winner of the Sapling Stakes chipped a fraction off the speed record for the race. Too Hard The result of the All-aged Stakes at Ashburton suggests that the task set the older horses is rather too hard. Sir Julian . The.concluding part of the light-har-ness racing season has discovered a coming champion in Sir Julian Dirt and Grass The , times recorded at Ashburton strongly suggest that the difference between the speed of the dirt and grass tracks' exists more in the imagination than in fact. <■.■•', ; Overtaxed The" Ashburton Trotting Club ranks as the most progressive one. in the southern hemisphere, ani it is interesting to note that the extended accommodation for the meeting on Monday last was overtaxed. Blanks When a young horse has displayed promise on the training track or racecourse the most natural thing in the world is to search for the Stud Book in order to find if the promise stands based on pedigree calculated to make good. The Trotting Stud Book is full of blanks in that direction. Three Tens
Claiming descent from a sister to Ribbdttwood, • the first 2.10 pacer in New Zealand and Australia Three Tens has something to back him up as a two-year-old with big possibilities. The family runs on from Manuka to her daughter Koromiko. by Galindo. To Logan Pointer Koromiko produced Taenia, the dam of Lady Effie. who Hs produced Effie Parrish and Three Tchs; ,;
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23828, 7 June 1939, Page 17
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240TROTTING NOTES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23828, 7 June 1939, Page 17
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