RED GLARE.—Winner of the Grandstand Sleepier base at Wanganui and the Metropolitan Steeplechase at Awapuni, Red (dare finished last in the July Steeplechase on Saturday alter hitting the sod wall hard six furlongs from home. On that occasion he was ridden by his usual pilot. J. Fagan, but in the Metropolitan Steeples he had in the saddle W. Jenkins, who is shown glancing at the semaphore—not to sec whether the judge had bis number up but to see what horses had filled the minor placings the best part of half a furlong behind him.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 164, 17 July 1946, Page 6
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94RED GLARE.—Winner of the Grandstand Sleepier base at Wanganui and the Metropolitan Steeplechase at Awapuni, Red (dare finished last in the July Steeplechase on Saturday alter hitting the sod wall hard six furlongs from home. On that occasion he was ridden by his usual pilot. J. Fagan, but in the Metropolitan Steeples he had in the saddle W. Jenkins, who is shown glancing at the semaphorenot to sec whether the judge had bis number up but to see what horses had filled the minor placings the best part of half a furlong behind him. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 164, 17 July 1946, Page 6
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