BEST SINCE PHAR LAP.

Chronicle (Levin), 14 March 1946, Page 6

BEST SINCE PHAR LAP.

Beniborough 's victory in tlie reeen' V . ll.C. N'ewmurket. Handicap at Flem iiigton willi the liuge weight of 9.1: ercatml widespread Australian interest lle is the niost popular hoes liere. 'i'he Queensland champion start ml the hottesl favourite on record au dominateil tlie betting to sucli an extenl Ihat loiig odds were on oli'er for the re mainder of the runners, with the excep tion of the Oakleigh Plate winner, Do I ina. Beniborough 's performance was out standing. He appeared hopelessl;. placed in the middle of the field two i'uilongs from liome after meetiug A v i 1 1 i iuterference at the start. Tlie* lighlweights made htm earrv liis heavy hindon every incli of the wav and the man ner in which he made up the grouiul to ,".ntch the gord three-vear-old, Four Freedoms, to whom he waa conceding two stone, eonlirined the opinion of ninny good judges who had declared Beniborough to be the greatest horse .-een in Australia since tlie mightyPhar Lap. . The champion 's record now is 17 wins, two seconds, and one third in 25 starts. His sire Emborough, with 20 winners, is the leading stallion in Queensland. Eiiiborough was imported by Mr. A. Alacguire, who will be remetnbered by New- Zealanders as a •liampion light-weight boxer and later as a, dashing and popular bookmakei on the turf in Australia, before taking up pastond interests in Queensland. |