“MIGHT BEAT PHAR LAP”
TRAINER’S IDEA OF AMMON RA. The veteran Victorian trainer, James Scobie,. is' an ardent’ admirer °t : the New’Zealand' champion Ainlpon Ra. At the end" of 'last month, says the- Sportjri* Globe, lie expressed, himself ’confident of . running-a place in the‘Derby with Illustrious/. but did not for -a moment believe that there was anything in the race'likely to seriously threaten the supremacy'of the Litnond gelding. Scobie in among the select coterie Of racing riie'n 'who. would like to - see Ammon Ra oppose Pliar Rap. After the Derby he war, asked whether he thought the thrbe-year-old would have a chance against’the doughty Night Raid gelding 6-iAr ten furlongs at. weight-f or-age'. ■■'•■• His reply wa f S; “Ammon Ra 1 might wifi.’* ■ !> ; "
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1931, Page 4
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