COUNT CAVOUR'S CUP

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17185, 8 November 1926, Page 7

COUNT CAVOUR'S CUP

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iSpecial to the Herald.J CHRISTCHUBGH, this day Count Gavour, winner of the Now Zealand Cup, was bred at Ashburton by Mr C. Branigan, and was pur-eha-scd by Mr. J. S. Barrett as a yearling, As a two-year-old he won the McLean Stakes. " He was the best three-vear-old of the following season, his successes including the Dunedin Guineas, the New Zealand Derby, the Great Northern Derby, and the Great Northern St. kegcr. Last season lie was third in the New Zealand Cup, but he won the Auckland Plate and Dunedin Cup. He did his early racing this season in Sydney, the few mouths he spent there being his only experience away from the care of t. H. Gillctt, who deserved the greatest credit for the way in which he freshened up the Solferhio gelding for Saturday's race after his hard campaign in ! Australia. . | Count favour has been ridden in ; most of his successes "by P. C Porter, ■ who was seen to great advantage in j (lie Cup routes! on Saturday. fly j winning the New Zealand Cup under | K.K! Count Oavour disposed of a record which stood for many years, mid which had become a superstition wiUi many people. Tasman carried 8.5) when lie won the first cup, and Vanguard had a similar weight the following year. Lady Zetland in 181K5 and Snsanou* in 1918 were other winners who carried B.*), thai being the biggest weight .<Vf any winner up till Saturday. The Stewards' Handicap was rather disappointing. There was an interesting struggle, but pnly a few of the 20 competitors played leading parts, and it was a disastrous race for the public, as the best backed horses never looked dangcroito. OAmie Song came along with a great run.to r«t'oat lad year's success, a remarkable feature about the performance being that ho had not won a race in the interval.