N.Z. Horses Cannot Win
Caulfield n r Melbourne Cups (7.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 2. “None of the New Zealand horses visiting Australia could win either the Caulfield Cuo or the Melbourne Cup,” said Jack Fryer, trainer of two Melbourne Cup winners, Wotan and Skipton. “New Zealand horses who arrive less than six weeks before a big race invariably do well for the first fortnight, but then start to lose condition They have not properly settled down. “Take the case of Immediate. He was here 10 days and then had two races in one day. No wonder he was flattened. You simply can't get a horse fit. under six or eight weeks. High Play has not shown his true New Zealand form, and it camo as no surprise to me when Modulation downed Sleepy Fox. The class of horse in Australia this year is as good as he has seen for five or six years. Lawrence and Don Pedro, the Melbourne Cup favourites are outstanding and would tn”’'" ’’ “ to the best New Zealand standard.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23321, 3 October 1945, Page 7
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