THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Surefoot landed the Two Thousand in a common canter, making the whole of the running and winning anyhow by a length and a half from Le Nord, who was five lengths in front of the third Blue Green. The followers of Jonsiffe’s stable backed Mr Merry’s colt to a pretty tune, and, but for the heavy metal on Le Nord, whom the Rothschilds were equally certain couldn’t lose, the ring would have had a very bad time indeed. Even as things were there seemed to be many long faces when the numbers went up. You see, a great many people laid 2 to 1 on the favourite, and Blue Green was the popular fancy for a place. The Australian colt Narellan did not run.
After the race even money was laid on Surefoot for the Derby, and 10 to 1 offered bar 1. This rate a Kingsclere patron accepted to a trifle about Sainfoin, whose chance Porter should be able to gauge pretty accurately through Blue Green.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 482, 21 June 1890, Page 3
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