RACING AT RANDWICK
VILLIERS STAKES DAY RAMDIN WINS DECISIVELY Received Dec. 19, 7.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 19. Racing results at Randwick yesterday were:— Villiers Stakes (Of £1000; one mile) RAMDIN, 7.12, O’Sullivan 1 VALBEAU. 8.12, K. Cook 2 SAL VOLATILE, 7.10, Hickey 3 Also: Silver Standard 9.5. Brittle Prattie 8.8, Arabia 8.2, Jocular 8.1, Klemeagle 8.1, Duke Caledon 8.0. Bobby '7.10, Sidcup 7.10, Lord Bine 7.10, Friar’s Switch 7.9, Might Not 7.5, Cooranga 7.2, Tucker Box 7.2, Silk Felt 6.12. Might Not made the early running but Valbeau took charge passing the half-mile, followed by Might Not, Jocular and Lord Bine. Vaibeau was still leading with a furlong to go, but Ramdin finished best and beat him by one and a-quarter lengths. Sal Volatile was a length away, third. Silver Standard, having his first race since November was always in the bunch, but finished last. The time, 1.351, is equal to the Australasian record. Holiday Handicap (Of £500; li miles) BILLY BOY, 8.5, Shean 1
COUNTRY PARTY, 8.0, Bartie 2 CATHARTES, 7.8, Parsons 3 Also: Jovial Son 8.13, Journal 8.12, Fireman 8.9, Golden Treasure 8.8. Young Crusader 8.8, Royal Step 8.7, Bourbon 8.4, Vice Royal 8.2, Hope 7.12, Fountain 7.9, Verberry 7.3, Roi Sion 7.0, Viceroy 7.0, Holbein 7.0. Four lengths; length. Time, 2.31. Highweight Handicap.—Cool Spell 8.13 (Bartie) 1, Kinsfolk 8.9 (Finch) 2, Brazeno 8.7 (Heaphy) 3. Fourteen started, including Mananui, Troy and Red Rosebud. Three lengths: three-quarters of a length. Time, 1.361 Capaneus and Silver Coat were unplaced in the Hurdle Race. The Squire, the Iliad colt Glaucus and the Iliad filly Litigation were unplaced in the December Nursery Handicap. Kowtow, Lion Hunt, Bronze Tulip and Fantan were unplaced in the First Division of the Novice Handicap. ilissus was unplaced in the Second Division of the Novice Handicap.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 4
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300RACING AT RANDWICK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 4
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