DUMBO TO ATTEMPT DOUBLE
Dumlio, -\vho won thc Gruiul Nationnl Sieeplechase on Saturday with consuinmate caso, is a six-ycar-old brown gelding by Jay from Valres's. and- is trained by his owner, George Cobbj at Matamata. Cobl) was thc leading trainer for New Zealand with 34 winners -in' the season just elosed. To-day 's victory was Dumbo's tliird in succ.ession aV~4 his seventh sinee he eommenced racinyfe as a three-yvar-oUl. Until to-day. thr Jay gelding had won £2233 in stakes and his Nationnl victory brings the total to £4233. . Last season Dumbo raced on the flat, over hurdles and aeross eountry for three 'wins, five seeonds and a third. liis wins were registered in the Hobsonville Hurdles at the Avondale Autumn Meeting at Ellerslie, in the Hunt Club Cup 8teepleeha.se at New Plymoutn, and the J. Corbett Memorial Steepleehase at ilatanrata a fortnight ago. Dumbo is engaged in the Grand Nationnl Hurdles and with 9.5 will luive an opportunity to complete the eoveted double, though next weekfs fudd will be mueh stronger than that whicli Dumbo accounted for -on Saturday, . "
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 August 1946, Page 6
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