ANOTHER SIRE PURCHASED
The proprietor of tlie Trelawney Stud has decided to w-ithdraAV the champion stallion Foxbridge from public service and in fqture this horse avjII bc reserved for niatings Avith TrelaAvney mares only. The stud has recently completed the purchaso of anotlier FoxIuav horse avIio •is to arrive in the Dominion sliortly. This is tlie 1933-foaled broAvn horse Columcille avIio has been standing in Irelaiul since his retirement from racing. He won eight races and £5353 in stakes, ineluding the NeAvbury Summer Cup and Bibury Cup, both at one mile and a half, and the Great Yorkshire Handicap, one mile aud three-quarters. He scored tAvo further Avins over a mile and a half as a five-vear-old, eacdi time earrying topvveight. 1-le was -regarded as one of the best handicap horses ot his time in England. Columcille comes from the No. 6 family and is out of MoA'illa, by Friar Marcus out of Hailstone, by Rock Flint out of Benevente (Avinner of the Middle Park Plate and dam of six Avinners) by Polvmelus out of Pearmain by Persimmon. Columcille has sired winners in Great Britain and Ireland.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 May 1946, Page 6
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187ANOTHER SIRE PURCHASED Chronicle (Levin), 22 May 1946, Page 6
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