GAY FORT IMPRESSES IN MELBOURNE
Reports from Melbourne st^tc Uvat the New Zealand jumper Gay Fort will probably take his pjaee in the Australian Steeplechase at CaulBeld on August 10. He was giyeu'a raee 'last Saturday in the Gleri Orla Handicap, the principal flat race at "M.oo'nee" Valley and, aithough competing out of . his class, he acquitted' himkelf ' creditably against strong opposition.* jGay .Fort was ridden by J-. Bosch," an apprenti'ee' rider attachecL to T. J: HaVes stable, but R. -Hawea will pilot hiin ih jumping raees. Gay. Forfs ap'pearance ' impressed good- judges. Ile... will ..probably be started in tlxe Godfrey Watson Stecples at ' C'aultield ' tO-dav" an'd' if .he makes -reasonable progress, is -a ddfiuite starter in. tlie Australian Steeplechase next Saturday. i* With 1012' Gay- Fort on his New Zealand perfornxahces has been harshly* freated -by the V.A.T.C. lxandicajxper in thb-^bdg steCpiechase, but if he - strikes - his : beet-> i.formr the eartira poundag.e shoulql not trouble him.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 August 1946, Page 6
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