BETTERMAN VERSATILE
j Betterman has proved himself to ! oe most versatile and his win in the ! papakura Hurdles at Franklin Ligntiy earns for him the title oi j uron Hor^e." for . no otner horst • nas run so consistently as he hat ! over the five seasons he has been j ihrough. He has retained his form irom one season to another, and has ruri good races with success over hurdles and on the flat. His stake winnings are in the vicinity of £4,380 and his best season wa., when he was a five-year-old. AltoIgetrier fie has 1starte'd,,iii"r36 ! ior 14 wins, 16 seconds and 15 ! .hirds. ARhough his record alsc | mciudes 91 non-piaced perform- | ances, no horse couid run such good i .aces.as he did. He couid win a j hurdle race one week and a fikn ohe next. I Betterman ran fourth- in thc. j Grand National Hurdles last seal .juii, and if he is entered for this | race this season has a good chance ' jf winning. Owned by Mr. Harvej, | Evans and trained Dy him ai ! Paeroa, Betterman is a seven-year-j jid gelding by Bambury from ! Becteiment, and is a half-brothei ! Baifron and Balgowan.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 June 1946, Page 7
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