JUDGMENT ASTRAY.
For inany years p'ast it has been the practice in the trbtting branch for horses from the same stable. " to be brackcted 011 the tote, irrespective of ownership. There is a rcmit to be presented at tlie annual mdetiiig of the Xew Zealand Racing Conference urgin^ ' ky^te'iit' lie 'hcfdptcd in the galJoping branch, but it questionable whether it fvi'll be adopted. ■ There have beeii at lcast three instances on this circuit 'of late where stablemates liavo ligured in thc same race, and, to the eonsternation of backers, the lesser fancied member hus carried the day. At Awapuni 011 Satur day Epping, winner of thc Manawata Steeplechase, was thc least-fancied of the three runncrs from the A. M. Wright Stable. Anotlier incident occurred in tlie Rongotea Handicap when tlie Opaki trainer T. L.- .Tennings produced two candidat.es, Lady Chips and Ganges, the former scoring at long odds, while her strongly fancied stablcmate could only (inish third.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 June 1946, Page 7
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