FUTURE CLASSICS
ENTRIES EXCEED LAST YEAR Entries for future classic events to be decided at meetinges of the Auck land Racing Club, which closed on Friday, June 14, show an increase of 200 compared with last year. The figures are as follows, with those for last year given in parentheses : Welcome Stakes 80 (75); Great Northern Foal Stakes 157 (129); Royal Stakes 167 (118); Champagne Stakes 173 (155); Great Northern Guineas 203 (176); Great Northern Derby 230 (213); Oaks 144 (116); St Leger 179 (151); total, 1333 (1133). The nominations received by the Avondale Jockey Club also show "an increase of 11 compared with last j-ear, the figures being as follows: Champion Plate 57 (56); Avondale Stakes 64 (59); Avondale Guineas 121 (116); total, 242 (231). The entries for the Canterbury Jockey Club's classic events totalled 768. as against 566 for the corresponding races 12 months ago, an increase of 202. The figures are as follows-: Welcome Stakes 109 (76); Middle Park Plate 71 (68); Champagne Stakes 145 (101); Challenge Stakes 135 (97); Derby Stakes 187 (153); and Oaks Stakes 114 (78).
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 182, 5 July 1940, Page 8
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182FUTURE CLASSICS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 182, 5 July 1940, Page 8
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